Wiktionary:Word of the day/2023/June 22

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Word of the day
for June 22
blag v (British, Ireland, informal)
  1. (transitive)
    1. To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
      1. (specifically) To obtain (confidential information) by impersonation or other deception; also, to deceive (someone) into disclosing confidential information.
    2. To obtain (something desired), or avoid (something undesired), through improvisation or luck; to fluke, to get away with.
    3. To use guile or persuasion on (someone); also, to deceive or perpetrate a hoax on (someone).
    4. (Polari) To meet and seduce (someone) for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation; to pick up.
  2. (intransitive) To speak persuasively or with guile to obtain something.

blag adj

  1. (British, informal) Not genuine; fake.

blag n (British, informal)

  1. An attempt to obtain, or the means of obtaining, something by guile or persuasion; a trick.
  2. An act of deceiving; a con, a deception, a hoax. [...]
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