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/ˈblæɡ/ · noun
(British, criminal slang) An armed robbery or robbery involving violence; also, theft..
'What's he do, Micky?' / 'Armed blags is what I hear – s'posed to be one or two nice little tucks down to him that he didn't go for. He keeps well active. Someone told me he's putting one together now.[…]'
Through Lenny I had met a character whom I shall call Billy. He was part of a blag team famous for a series of large-scale wage snatches.
They're turning over any business that couldn't go running back to the Other People, sex shops and massage parlours, doing blags long after they went outta fashion, doing loads of drugs and not giving a fuck about keeping a low profile.
Darlin' – I know your old man's keen for you to learn the ropes an' all that, but let's not forget who's running this blag, shall we?
Can I blag a fag?
He’s blagged his way into many a party.
He was just off to the Tramway to see that Dutch dance company. He said we could probably blag free tickets, they're desperate to paper the house.
A couple of others [websites] are hosted by U-Net (www.vianetworks.co.uk), which provided free space because I'm an unprincipled journo and I blagged it.
Use blag when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Blag means (British, criminal slang) An armed robbery or robbery involving violence; also, theft..
Common synonyms include inveigle, sponge, beg, blag.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
'What's he do, Micky?' / 'Armed blags is what I hear – s'posed to be one or two nice little tucks down to him that he didn't go for. He keeps well active. Someone told me he's putting one together now.[…]'
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