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

Does that old-school Logan crony harbor a vendetta against the family after Logan fired him and replaced him with Roman?

From Salon • May 27, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2022

But he was also as much a friend as Alliser Thome could boast, and a crony of sorts with Janos Slynt, however briefly.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin