Why do burgulars have SWAG written on their sacks?

Question

Why do burgulars have SWAG written on their sacks?

Answer 1

  Its all part of the set. It goes with the striped jersey and the little black mask. In the same way, when caught they invariably say; "All right guv, its a fair cop."

Answer 2

Because they are so thick they cannot tell the rubbish bag from the .... bag so they have to write on it whats in it. Also helps the police find the booty.

Answer 3

its so they can tell them apart from other sacks. they wouldn't want to mistakenly go out on the job with a sack of king edwards now would they.

Answer 4

silverware and gold SWAG

Answer 5

The word SWAG originates from London speak of the 18thC probably from Wapping - birth place of the most famous pirate of them all, Black Beard.  Thus SWAG is probably a London pirate word meaning the 'goods' as in stolen goods, treasure etc.

The word is still to some extend in common use here in London today and refers to what a person might either own, wrapped up or what someone may have stolen - again, wrapped or hidden somewhere.

The American word STASH = SWAG.

This next link explains more about SWAG and its origins.  

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-swa2...

The word SWAG has entered North American youth-slang to mean personal property and so forth.

Here in London it would sound like, "so I left the swag at my mate's drum" [I left the stolen goods with a friend at his house/flat]

Answer 6

Swag is a common pirate word. It means treasure, another word for booty.

Answer 7

Burglars.

For some comic reason.

Answer 8

to give the cops a fiar shot at actually catching them. Without these clues, the police reaction to household theft is generally somewhere between 'disinterested' and 'entirely absent'.

Answer 9

Possibly because its an acronym of:

Stuff We Acquired Gratis (athough technically stolen not free!)

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Answer 10

It's to let us all know that they are burglars.

Answer 11

term for loot taken by a thief or burglar but also interstingly

a swag is a portable shelter that is rolled (usually with belongings inside) and carried on a person's back.