- plural of crony.
cronies
Example Sentences
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"The co-ordinator and her cronies were busy shopping for handbags online."
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
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
Some of the factories were owned by Hasina's cronies, who have since fled.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
Its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, is in prison, along with a couple of his cronies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
Celia’s two cronies, Britney and Stacey, might as well have been joined at the hip.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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