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as in associate
a person frequently seen in the company of another
the criminal's cronies were also closely questioned about the illegal gambling operation
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as in friend
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
only my cronies can call me by my nickname
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Recent Examples of crony
Zoom in: The jury could not decide whether Madigan and McClain ran a secret system that placed political cronies at private companies like AT&T and ComEd in exchange for favorable legislation.
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Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
In Louisiana, for example, Shriver withheld federal poverty funding from the state until Governor John McKeithen withdrew his plans to stack a new state-level economic opportunity office with segregationists, political cronies, and white supremacists.
—Ryan Larochelle / Made By History, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
When Democrats were about to appoint their star communicator — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — to chair the powerful Oversight committee to hold Trump and his cronies accountable, Pelosi personally intervened to block it.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
At that time, a full investigation of Walker and his cronies was undertaken by former Judge Samuel Seabury (authorized by the state Legislature), at which Walker testified, presented evidence, questioned witnesses, and the like.
—Jerry Goldfeder, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crony
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By now, though, it’s become clear that the president is beholden to associates who take money to lobby for ByteDance, which is deeply tied to Beijing’s military-industrial complex.—
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An investigation revealed the three victims were assaulted and robbed by the suspects, who are all believed to be associates of a criminal street gang, police said.—
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There were people in the town hall who were either friends or relatives of folks who were on the Truman.—
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After the Jane Does testified, the prosecution called Pearce's friend Michael Ansbach, who was in the apartment that night and later arrested along with Pearce and Osborn.—
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Although so highly esteemed, the notoriously taciturn director would often frustrate his colleagues by his reticence to explain his directorial intentions.—
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Ramirez and his colleagues say that’s unusual, because typically once a building had been ritually killed and abandoned, something new would be built atop the remains.—
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The Fall-Out During that trip to Western Pennsylvania, my buddy and I stuck four trout in two days.—
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Lou was brought home, happy and healthy, to the obvious delight of his best buddy.—
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Police in Louisiana believe the suspect accused of murdering a TV reporter in town to cover the Super Bowl planned numerous drugging schemes over several years with an accomplice, according to a report.—
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Listen to this article Gary man charged as accomplice in Howell murder A Gary man faces charges as an accomplice in a woman’s murder at the Willows Apartments.—
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Taking in the festivities firsthand felt like being a wallflower amid a room of my most interesting peers.—
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And, as reported last week, some in the organization are expressing concern to rival peers that the team will need to reach the postseason to avoid a major front-office overhaul.—
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However, they’re disbanded in the early moments of this third film as Eisenberg’s character tells a new generation of crooked magicians that his former comrades are dead.—
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Later down the line, after being summoned to resolve a conflict that was a front for the Emperor’s treachery, Khazan was deemed a traitor to the empire, and he and his comrades — like Ozma — were executed or exiled for aiding a traitor.—
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“Crony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crony. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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