Explore Blagging through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Blagging meaning
- gerund of blag
- The use of deception, guile, or persuasion to obtain something; (countable) an instance of this; a blag.
Using Blagging
- The main meaning on this page is: gerund of blag | The use of deception, guile, or persuasion to obtain something; (countable) an instance of this; a blag. | gerund of blag
Context around Blagging
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blagging
- In this selection, "blagging" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, includes, private and armed stand out and add context to how "blagging" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include gathering including blagging private information and nerd than blagging a ticket. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blagging" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blagging
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Few things are more joyous to a nerd than blagging a ticket to a show everyone is clamouring to see. (20 words)
Dan Waddell, a paralegal involved in pursuing cases against News Group, tells the BBC he believes these are indicative of phone hacking and other unlawful information gathering, including blagging private information to discover her pregnancy. (35 words)
Criminal slang for robbery includes "blagging" (armed robbery, usually of a bank) or "stick-up" (derived from the verbal command to robbery targets to raise their hands in the air), and " steaming " (organized robbery on underground train systems). (38 words)
Criminal slang for robbery includes "blagging" (armed robbery, usually of a bank) or "stick-up" (derived from the verbal command to robbery targets to raise their hands in the air), and " steaming " (organized robbery on underground train systems). (38 words)
Dan Waddell, a paralegal involved in pursuing cases against News Group, tells the BBC he believes these are indicative of phone hacking and other unlawful information gathering, including blagging private information to discover her pregnancy. (35 words)
Few things are more joyous to a nerd than blagging a ticket to a show everyone is clamouring to see. (20 words)
Example sentences (3)
Dan Waddell, a paralegal involved in pursuing cases against News Group, tells the BBC he believes these are indicative of phone hacking and other unlawful information gathering, including blagging private information to discover her pregnancy.
Few things are more joyous to a nerd than blagging a ticket to a show everyone is clamouring to see.
Criminal slang for robbery includes "blagging" (armed robbery, usually of a bank) or "stick-up" (derived from the verbal command to robbery targets to raise their hands in the air), and " steaming " (organized robbery on underground train systems).