cronies

Example Sentences

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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

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

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

Its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, is in prison, along with a couple of his cronies.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

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