crony

But some worry that Russian-style crony capitalism could be on the menu instead.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

This concern placed the Fed in open conflict with Truman and his Treasury secretary, his crony John Wesley Snyder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025

But the other one, on its face, is just a 17-second clip featuring present-day Barron greeting UFC founder and Trump crony Dana White at one of his father’s campaign events.

From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2025

Roger Brooks Taney, who served as attorney general for two years during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, and later as chief justice of the Supreme Court, was known as a Jackson crony.

From Salon ● May 20, 2023

Another guy, his crony, got out of the passenger side.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

Ayandeh was run by regime cronies, The Wall Street Journal earlier reported, and sank under a multibillion-dollar pile of bad loans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

While Charles had spent years getting closer to nature, and getting mocked for it, Andrew had been getting closer to Epstein and his cronies.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

Even Símon Bolívar, Venezuela’s “El Libertador,” looked the other way when his cronies squandered the finances of the country.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

The Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands in Southeast Asia, had long been ruled by a succession of dynasties, out-of-touch with ordinary Filipinos, and their cronies while wealth inequality deepened.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025

Benches and chairs along the two walls were crowded with men from the town, with here and there a sharp-faced woman, cronies of Good- wife Cruff.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare