blag

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blag

(blæɡ)

a robbery, esp with violence

vb (tr) , blags, blagging or blagged

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)

[C19: of unknown origin]

ˈblagger n

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blag

Past participle: blagged
Gerund: blagging

Imperative
blag
blag

Present
I blag
you blag
he/she/it blags
we blag
you blag
they blag

Preterite
I blagged
you blagged
he/she/it blagged
we blagged
you blagged
they blagged

Present Continuous
I am blagging
you are blagging
he/she/it is blagging
we are blagging
you are blagging
they are blagging

Present Perfect
I have blagged
you have blagged
he/she/it has blagged
we have blagged
you have blagged
they have blagged

Past Continuous
I was blagging
you were blagging
he/she/it was blagging
we were blagging
you were blagging
they were blagging

Past Perfect
I had blagged
you had blagged
he/she/it had blagged
we had blagged
you had blagged
they had blagged

Future
I will blag
you will blag
he/she/it will blag
we will blag
you will blag
they will blag

Future Perfect
I will have blagged
you will have blagged
he/she/it will have blagged
we will have blagged
you will have blagged
they will have blagged

Future Continuous
I will be blagging
you will be blagging
he/she/it will be blagging
we will be blagging
you will be blagging
they will be blagging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been blagging
you have been blagging
he/she/it has been blagging
we have been blagging
you have been blagging
they have been blagging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been blagging
you will have been blagging
he/she/it will have been blagging
we will have been blagging
you will have been blagging
they will have been blagging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been blagging
you had been blagging
he/she/it had been blagging
we had been blagging
you had been blagging
they had been blagging

Conditional
I would blag
you would blag
he/she/it would blag
we would blag
you would blag
they would blag

Past Conditional
I would have blagged
you would have blagged
he/she/it would have blagged
we would have blagged
you would have blagged
they would have blagged

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Translations

blag

[blæg]

A. N (= robbery) → atraco m, robo m a mano armada

B. VT (Brit) [+ ticket] → sacar de gorra
to blag one's way into a club → colarse de gorra en una discoteca

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

blag

[ˈblæg] vt (British) (= cadge) → obtenir à l'esbroufe

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

blag

(Brit inf)

(= cadge) → schnorren (inf), → abstauben (inf); (= bluff) → bluffen; to blag one’s way into a club → sich in einen Klub hineinmogeln (inf); to blag one’s way out of something → sich aus etw herausreden; to blag (on) about something → etw total falsch darstellen

(= steal) → rauben; bank → ausrauben

(= cheating) → Schummelei f (inf); (= bluff) → Bluff m

(= robbery) → Raubüberfall m

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