Science Fair Project Dictionary
Blag
Verb
- (Informal) Late 19c. - to steal.
- (Informal) 1940's - to deceive, to hoax.
- (Informal) 1960's - to persuade, especially as in "blag in/into," to talk one's way into a party, concert.
- (Informal) Contemporary - to obtain for free, particularly by guile or persuasion, especially venture captial during the dot com boom. Its contemporary usage incorporates all of its previous usages, and is also used synonomously for beg as in 'can I blag a fag'.
Noun
- (Informal) - a means of obtaining something by trick or deception. 'A good blag to get into a nightclub is to walk in carrying a record box'
- (Informal) - an armed robbery U.K. (London?) criminal slang.
Derived Expressions
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