blagging

gerund of blag

Noun

  1. gerund of blag
    • Matt Driscoll claimed that "blagging", or impersonating a third party, was used to secure the confidential information after receiving a tip that [Alex] Ferguson might be suffering from ill health. The former journalist...

    1. (uncountable) The use of deception, guile, or persuasion to obtain something; (countable) an instance of this; a blag.

    2. (uncountable, criminal slang) Robbery; (countable) an instance of this.

      • Usual petty-theft beginnings. Graduated to the bigger stuff—jump-ups, blaggings. Eventually controlled a few similar types down east somewhere. - 1980, Anthony Heal, Man in the Middle, page 64:

Origin

Etymology tree English blag Middle English -ynge English -ing English blagging From blag + -ing.

Forms

blaggings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of blag