buddies

Like their American counterparts, Russian police operate on a system of quotas, and to meet those demands a common tactic was to catch a low-level seller or user, then put the squeeze on them till they turn in their buddies.

Or Peter Thiel's "seasteading" dream of an island nation where he and his buddies could be lordlings, carefully separated from the ordinary people who frighten them.

Messi and Barcelona buddies Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets have done much to raise the league’s profile and turn Inter Miami into a global brand.

Avila, a 31-year-old social media manager, lived downtown at the time, so having walking buddies provided some safety in numbers too, she said.

We know about Trump's plans for the economy and since his tariff obsession is his only economic and foreign policy idea, it's unlikely that even his business buddies will be able to talk him out of it.