crony
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈkroʊni/
- Offensive
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compinche (despectivo)
- The number of the president's cronies holding two or three government jobs at the same time is unprecedented.
- crony capitalism
- crony corruption
- family and cronies
What Starmer and his cronies have done is tax that.
- What Starmer and his cronies have done is tax that.
- They can't tell other developers you can't build here unless they have cronies in government.
- Well, because they say it's, you know, cronies of the political parties, unelected.
- So open the door and then there's Inspector Page and his little cronies with him.
- These are things that benefited, first of all the cronies that built them.
- So then the father and the son thing was, you know, gathering momentum, done this fucking Rod Harrison and all his gang of fucking cronies and all that.
Examples
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As the elevator rises, his two cronies duck into a stairwell marked "NO ADMITTANCE."
Fiction book (1994) -
When Henry got there, he was greeted by a bunch of cronies right at the door.
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Second, keep your cronies in Washington off my back.
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And you and your cronies think I'm some sort of pity case.
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When I was a boy, -I would sit in a parlor -with my father and his cronies.
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They want to rule for their own priorities or for those of their cronies, not for the public need.
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Many farms were distributed to the regime's cronies, who were frequently unable to run the farms effectively.
Academic text (2003) -
The wealth gap between the ruling classes, their cronies, and most of the population widened into a deep chasm.
Academic text (2012) -
You know, a couple of old newspaper cronies going out, having a few beers, some laughs.
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There on the porch were Raoul and his cronies, just as pleased as punch.
Synonyms
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1.0
A close friend you spend time with
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1.0
A close friend you spend time with
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1.0
A person who supports and helps someone, group, or cause
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8.6
A close friend often from the same neighborhood or background
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6.4
A close friend you spend a lot of time with
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9.9
A close friend you spend time with, often online or in games
A person who makes friends where this is discouraged or forbidden
Antonyms
How Close
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crony probably comes from the Greek root chron- meaning 'time', the same root you see in chronic. So think of a crony as a 'long-time' friend, which helps explain why today it often means a close or old friend who may get special favors.