Definitions for crony

crony cro·ny

Spelling: [kroh-nee]
IPA: /ˈkroʊ ni/

Crony is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in crony (cnory).

Definitions for crony

noun

  1. a close friend or companion; chum.

Origin of crony

1655-65; alleged to be university slang; perhaps Greek chrónios for a long time, long-continued, derivative of chrónos time; cf. chrono-

Examples for crony

Call it the new class, the crony class, the ruling class, or the lobbyist-industrial complex.

Unions exist because, without them, the path is opened wide to crony collaboration between big government and big business.

"Blamed if I know who that fellow was," he remarked to a crony.

In 2012, he voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, one of the purest excresences of crony capitalism imaginable.

The bully and his crony had, from a distance, watched the departure of the Rovers.

Barack Obama has shown America that crony corporatism, patronage politics, and limitless government know no party.

Democrats need to respond aggressively to the crony capitalism practiced by many Republicans, particularly regarding Wall Street.

Andy cranked up and he and his crony getting into the car were about to start off.

There, in front of the soda fountain, were the bully of the Hall and his crony.

Far from us, indeed, to have volunteered the betrayal of our crony.

Word Value for crony
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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