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Thread #128740   Message #2884128
Posted By: Rob Naylor
11-Apr-10 - 07:13 AM
Thread Name: Festivals in Brittany - know this man?
Subject: RE: Festivals in Brittany - know this man?
Two meanings, either robbery or cadging/wheedling something for free,as below:

blag [blæg] Slang
n
a robbery, esp with violence
vb blags, blagging, blagged (tr)
1. to obtain by wheedling or cadging she blagged free tickets from her mate
2. to snatch (wages, someone's handbag, etc.); steal
3. to rob (esp a bank or post office)

I was using it in the sense of the "1" meaning...not suggesting he held a gun to anyone's head :-)