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ˈkroʊ nicrony
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buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekicknoun
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
Synonyms:
chum, buddy, chum salmon, brother, blood brother, sidekick, comrade, pal
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cronynoun
Synonyms:
[Colloquial.] associate, intimate friend, bosom friend, bosom companion
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cronynoun
Synonyms:
bosom friend, intimate, associate, chum
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2348 | brother | |
#3247 | buddy | |
#6181 | pal | |
#6294 | mate | |
#13251 | ally | |
#24109 | sidekick | |
#32889 | comrade | |
#36293 | chum | |
#82908 | crony | |
#144979 | favouritism |
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Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is right : crony capitalism is alive and well, government and government programs have grown so big, so powerful, so costly and so complex that only the big and the powerful can prosper. But Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is dead wrong about how to end crony capitalism. You see, whether it is Dodd-Frank, Obamacare or net neutrality, all this government complexity means the big get bigger, the small disappear, and the powerless are trapped.
Every policy she is pursuing will make income inequality worse, not better, crony capitalism even worse, not better. And meanwhile, we will continue to crush the businesses that create jobs and middle-class families.
I believe in fair market, American capitalism and that is a big difference between Secretary Clinton's Wall Street crony capitalism and Senator Sanders' socialism.
We should call this what it is: an absolute cover-up by the White House, the White House is advancing a new and dangerous theory: the crony privilege.
When you have a 70,000 page tax code, you've got to be very wealthy, very powerful, very well-connected to dig your way through that tax code, what I will continue to point out is the fact that every policy she is pursuing will make income inequality worse, not better, crony capitalism even worse, not better.
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