All 4 Uses of
swindle
in
Long Day's Journey into Night
- But land is land, and it's safer than the stocks and bonds of Wall Street swindlers.†
Act 1
- You were swindled again as you always are, because you insist on secondhand bargains in everything.†
Act 2 *
- No home except this summer dump in a place she hates and you've refused even to spend money to make this look decent, while you keep buying more property, and playing sucker for every con man with a gold mine, or a silver mine, or any kind of get-rich-quick swindle!†
Act 4
- Don't call me a stinking miser, just because I don't want doctors to think I'm a millionaire they can swindle.†
Act 4
Definition:
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(swindle) tricking or cheating someone -- usually to get money