crony

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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

Roger Brooks Taney, who served as attorney general for two years during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, and later as chief justice of the Supreme Court, was known as a Jackson crony.

From Salon • May 20, 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

Ivan Golunov, one of Russia’s best-known investigative journalists, spent years reporting tenaciously on corruption in Moscow’s city government, uncovering evidence of crony deals, missing money and failed public services.

From New York Times • May 11, 2022

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

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