Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to black-bag
Participle: black-bagged
Gerund: black-bagging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | black-bag |
| you | black-bag |
| he;she;it | black-bags |
| we | black-bag |
| you | black-bag |
| they | black-bag |
Perfect
| I | have black-bagged |
| you | have black-bagged |
| he;she;it | has black-bagged |
| we | have black-bagged |
| you | have black-bagged |
| they | have black-bagged |
Past
| I | black-bagged |
| you | black-bagged |
| he;she;it | black-bagged |
| we | black-bagged |
| you | black-bagged |
| they | black-bagged |
Pluperfect
| I | had black-bagged |
| you | had black-bagged |
| he;she;it | had black-bagged |
| we | had black-bagged |
| you | had black-bagged |
| they | had black-bagged |
Future
| I | will black-bag |
| you | will black-bag |
| he;she;it | will black-bag |
| we | will black-bag |
| you | will black-bag |
| they | will black-bag |
Future Perfect
| I | will have black-bagged |
| you | will have black-bagged |
| he;she;it | will have black-bagged |
| we | will have black-bagged |
| you | will have black-bagged |
| they | will have black-bagged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | black-bag |
| you | black-bag |
| he;she;it | black-bag |
| we | black-bag |
| you | black-bag |
| they | black-bag |
Perfect
| I | have black-bagged |
| you | have black-bagged |
| he;she;it | have black-bagged |
| we | have black-bagged |
| you | have black-bagged |
| they | have black-bagged |
Imperfect
| I | black-bagged |
| you | black-bagged |
| he;she;it | black-bagged |
| we | black-bagged |
| you | black-bagged |
| they | black-bagged |
Pluperfect
| I | had black-bagged |
| you | had black-bagged |
| he;she;it | had black-bagged |
| we | had black-bagged |
| you | had black-bagged |
| they | had black-bagged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would black-bag |
| you | would black-bag |
| he;she;it | would black-bag |
| we | would black-bag |
| you | would black-bag |
| they | would black-bag |
Perfect
| I | would have black-bagged |
| you | would have black-bagged |
| he;she;it | would have black-bagged |
| we | would have black-bagged |
| you | would have black-bagged |
| they | would have black-bagged |
Imperative
| you | black-bag |
| we | Let's black-bag |
| you | black-bag |
Verbs conjugated like 'black-bag'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'black-bag'
blackbag,
backtag,
black-top,
blackball,
blackbox,
blacklead,
blackleg,
back-hand,
backchat,
backload,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From the term black bag meaning a case containing burglary tools. Sense 2 refers to the practice of blindfolding a detainee with a bag or sack.
Sample Sentences
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He'd been tapped, bugged, and black-bagged under Nixon and Clinton, and under the present conditions all the cops needed to listen in was a thumbs-up from an Eagle Scout or better. [2004, Loren D. Estleman, Poison Blonde: An Amos Walker Novel, →ISBN:]
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Nothing jimmied. Nothing damaged. She'd been black-bagged by a pro. [2011, Adrian Phoenix, J. F. Lewis, Jeri Smith-Ready, Urban Fantasy Collection, →ISBN:]
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Before dawn, NEST black-bagged Ivan's building — not the Nuclear Emergency Search Teams, their shadows whose S stands for Strike. They pulled all hazmat out of the medical imaging office, substituted fake material, and broke the machines so nobody will wonder when they don't work. [2011, Harlan Coben (Ed.), The Best American Mystery Stories 2011:]
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When witches and demons caused enough trouble, the Union had a tendency to black-bag the baddies and toss them into a detention center. [2016, S.M. Reine, Once Darkness Falls:]
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It'll be tough to black-bag him. They may have to go all the way. [2017, Scott Reardon, The Prometheus Man, →ISBN:]