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crony
/ ˈkrəʊnɪ /
noun
- a friend or companion
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crony1
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Example Sentences
Democrats need to respond aggressively to the crony capitalism practiced by many Republicans, particularly regarding Wall Street.
Barack Obama has shown America that crony corporatism, patronage politics, and limitless government know no party.
Call it the new class, the crony class, the ruling class, or the lobbyist-industrial complex.
Unions exist because, without them, the path is opened wide to crony collaboration between big government and big business.
In 2012, he voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, one of the purest excresences of crony capitalism imaginable.
"God bless me, crony; we ought to do these fine things and yet stay Catholics," cried the jeweller.
He had known something of the Erringtons for many years, having been a crony of old Maxfield's once upon a time.
I think every family should have a dog; it is like having a perpetual baby; it is the plaything and crony of the whole house.
It is something that happened to—Tom Wyld, an old crony of mine out on the other side.
But I take it that it is more likely to be some crony of the landladys.
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