bagging

Verb

bag (third-person singular simple present bags, present participle bagging, simple past and past participle bagged)

1. (transitive) To put into a bag.
2. (informal, transitive) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
   • We bagged three deer yesterday.
3. (transitive) To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
   • the two opposition groups have bagged almost 300 of the 500 seats contested in the election.2023 May 14, Tan Tam Mei, “Thai election: Early results show opposition parties in the lead”, in The Straits Times
4. (slang, transitive) To steal.
   • "I am sure nobody would mind," said Susan. "It isn't as if we wanted to take them out of the house; we shan't take them even out of the wardrobe."
     "I never thought of that, Su," said Peter. "Of course, now you put it that way, I see. No one could say you had bagged a coat as long as you leave it in...1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
5. (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To take a woman away with one as a romantic or sexual interest.
   • When we hit the club to go and hell-raise / Probably end up baggin' the cocktail waitress2020, “Those Kinda Nights”, in Music to Be Murdered By, performed by Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran
6. (slang, transitive) To arrest.
   • Free bro, free bro, we got bagged for a M2021 January 29, JS x Jtrapz, “Straight On Smoke”, 0:54–0:56

   Synonyms:

   nick

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