cronies

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The challenge is to strike the right balance—and to convince the public that the government is using its power wisely for the public good, not to favor select cronies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Some of the factories were owned by Hasina's cronies, who have since fled.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

"Treasury is holding the regime and its circle of cronies and companies accountable for its continued crimes," he added.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

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

During the Harding administration, in the early 1920s, the Justice Department had been packed with political cronies and unscrupulous officials, among them the head of the bureau: William Burns, the infamous private eye.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann