Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A longtime close friend or companion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A feeble and withered old woman; a crone.
- noun An old familiar friend; an intimate companion; an associate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A crone.
- noun colloq., colloq. An intimate companion; a familiar friend.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun informal Close
friend . - noun informal
Trusted companion orpartner in acriminal organization. - noun obsolete An old woman; a
crone .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But at a Conservatives4Palin gathering Friday night in a restaurant near Des Moines, many in the crowd of 180 - about half of whom had traveled from Texas - repeatedly used the phrase "crony capitalism" to describe what they didn't like about their state's chief executive.
News - latimes.com 2011
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The phrase "crony capitalism" is one Palin used in a speech in Iowa last weekend and repeated last night. notes on its website that less than one percent of recipients reported "adverse events" after receiving the vaccine.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Rachel Weiner 2011
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But at a Conservatives4Palin gathering Friday night in a restaurant near Des Moines, many in the crowd of 180 - about half of whom had traveled from Texas - repeatedly used the phrase "crony capitalism" to describe what they didn't like about their state's chief executive.
News - latimes.com 2011
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That's why the term crony capitalism is increasingly used.
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The term crony capitalism is socialism trying to blame capitalism.
unknown title 2009
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In the wide-ranging interview, Bachmann also slammed the Obama White House for what she calls "crony capitalism," arguing that people politically connected to the president benefit the most from his policies.
Bachmann to decide by 'early summer' on presidential bid 2011
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It is time for David Cameron to be true to that speech he made 20 months ago and make good on his promises to clean up what he called "crony capitalism".
Honour the pledge to clean up lobbying, Mr Senate | Observer editorial 2011
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* A major reform of executive pay that would rein in what he called "crony capitalism", where underperforming executives were seen to "fill their boots".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012
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* A major reform of executive pay that would rein in what he called "crony capitalism", where underperforming executives were seen to "fill their boots".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012
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* A major reform of executive pay that would rein in what he called "crony capitalism", where underperforming executives were seen to "fill their boots".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012
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