blag
verb
[ blaɡ ]
• manage to obtain (something) by using persuasion or guile.
• "they blagged two free tickets to France"
• steal (something) in a violent robbery or raid.
• "I could lie in wait and blag her fur coat"
blag
noun
• an act of using persuasion or guile to obtain something.
• "raising the £6.5 million had been either a heroic achievement by selfless, dedicated humanitarians or the blag of the century"
• a violent robbery or raid.
Origin:
late 19th century: perhaps from French blaguer ‘tell lies’.
