blagging

American  

[blag-ing] / ˈblæg ɪŋ /

noun

Caribbean.

1. informal conversation in a public place, often deceitful.

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Other Word Forms

• blagger noun

Etymology

Origin of blagging

1840–45; perhaps from French blaguer “to tell lies” + -ing ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

The claimants have accused the publisher of "clear, systematic and sustained use of unlawful information gathering" for stories between 1993 and "beyond" 2018, including through private investigators and blagging.

From BBC

In written submissions, barrister David Sherborne said it could be "inferred" through an invoice that extensive details in a Daily Mail story ahead of Prince William's birthday party were "obtained through blagging" - meaning dishonestly.

From BBC

After ditching the saxophone, they rebranded as Earth, taking as many gigs as they could manage, and even blagging a few extras.

From BBC

That sort of deception, known in Britain as blagging, would years later become central to a scandal that engulfed Mr. Murdoch’s British media empire and exposed the tactics that reporters at his and other Fleet Street tabloids used to invade the privacy of people they wrote about.

From New York Times

The word “hacking” is often used as a shorthand for a variety of tactics, including blagging, that became known as British journalism’s “dark arts.”

From New York Times