blaggings

Noun

blagging (countable and uncountable, plural blaggings)

1. (UK, informal, uncountable) The use of deception, guile, or persuasion to obtain something; (countable) an instance of this; a blag.
   • Matt Driscoll claimed that "blagging", or impersonating a third party, was used to secure the confidential information after receiving a tip that [Alex] Ferguson might be suffering from ill health. The former journalist added: "I was told sometimes you'd get a situation where if an investigator...2012, Alan Gillies, “Threats to the Security of Your Information”, in Data Protection for Slightly Bigger Companies, [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 47
2. (UK, informal, slang, uncountable) Robbery; (countable) an instance of this.
   • Usual petty-theft beginnings. Graduated to the bigger stuff—jump-ups, blaggings. Eventually controlled a few similar types down east somewhere.1980, Anthony Heal, Man in the Middle, page 64