Tom is a crony capitalist.
Source: tatoeba (1517932)
Crony
//ˈkɹoʊni//
Synonyms for "crony" (112 found)
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10 entriesetymologically related_to
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1 entriesis a
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8 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 21 languages.
Basque
2 entries- adixkide noun (close friend)
- lagun xahar noun (close friend)
Bulgarian
1 entries- близък приятел noun (close friend)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 挚友 noun (close friend)
- 裙带 noun (close friend)
Czech
3 entries- kumpán noun (close friend)
- kumpán noun (partner in crime)
- kámoš noun (close friend)
Esperanto
1 entries- kunulo noun (close friend)
Estonian
1 entries- semu noun (close friend)
Finnish
1 entries- kaveri noun (close friend)
French
2 entries- copain noun (close friend)
- copine noun (close friend)
German
2 entries- Freund noun (close friend)
- Kumpan noun (close friend)
Hungarian
1 entries- haver noun (close friend)
Indonesian
2 entries- kroni noun (close friend)
- kroni noun (partner in crime)
Khmer
2 entries- កល្យាណមិត្ត noun (close friend)
- សន្ធានមិត្ត noun (close friend)
Korean
1 entries- 옛벗 noun (close friend)
Malay
1 entries- kuncu noun (close friend)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kompanjong noun (close friend)
- kumpan noun (close friend)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kompanjong noun (close friend)
- kumpan noun (close friend)
Portuguese
1 entries- parceiro noun (close friend)
Romanian
1 entries- prieten la cataramă noun (close friend)
Russian
1 entries- ко́реш noun (close friend)
Spanish
4 entries- amigacho noun (close friend)
- amigacho noun (partner in crime)
- amigote noun (close friend)
- amigote noun (partner in crime)
Swedish
4 entries- funtfadder noun (close friend)
- kumpan noun (close friend)
- stallbroder noun (close friend)
- vän noun (close friend)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Barry and Prue would have given him almost anything they had, for he was a great friend and crony of theirs.
Source: tatoeba (11815415)
Rip now resumed his old walks and habits; he soon found many of his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time; and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he soon grew into great favour.
Source: wiktionary
Marry not an old crony.
Source: wiktionary
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