crony

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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

“I think you should be better in touch with your people instead of being a crony for someone.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2022

University emails would reveal that the co-author of the review, an athletic department crony from UC Davis, Dr. Jeffrey Tanji, spent exactly one day in Berkeley interviewing football players.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2022

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

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