A crony (rhymes with “pony”) is a buddy, a close confidant you spend time with and trust. Your boss might make everyone at work angry if she keeps only giving raises to her cronies.
A crone.
Noun
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
n.
A crone.
n.
An intimate companion; a familiar frend
Crony
He soon found his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time.
A crone.
Usage Examples
I call crony capitalism, where you take money from successful small businesses, spend it in Washington on favored industries, on favored individuals, picking winners and losers in the economy, that's not pro-growth economics. That's not entrepreneurial economics. That's not helping small businesses. That's cronyism, that's corporate welfare.
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Other Usage ExamplesNone of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots.
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