Meaning of swag bag | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A bag used to carry stolen goods.
2. A bag containing free gifts or promotional material.

Examples

“Except in old-fashioned thrillers and detective stories there doesn't seem to be much talk of thieves and break-ins. There might be a robbery in P. G. Wodehouse, but only as a bit of comic business, as in the modern cartoon, where eye-mask and swag-bag identify the comic neighbourhood burglar.”

“A career criminal was caught by police as he attempted to leave a swag bag of stolen goods with a friend's next-door neighbour.”

“A bungling robber who had to abandon £9,000-worth of cigarettes because the swag bag was too heavy has been told he deserved every day of his four-and-a-half year sentence.”

“The Oscar swag bag has become a rite of passage for Academy Award nominees, where rich, good-looking celebrities are given thousands upon thousands of dollars worth of luxuries, for free.”

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