Synonym: buddy, chum, companion, comrade, friend, pal, partner. Similar words: acronym, cronyism, irony, patronymic, pony, bony, phony, ebony. Meaning: ['krəʊnɪ] 
n. a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
n. a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. 31. But Mr. Wu sees the defects: a government prone to “meddling” in the marketplace; a widening income gap; inefficient monopolies; and crony capitalism.
32. He complains that business tycoons and corrupt officials have hijacked the economy and manipulated it for their own ends, a system he calls crony capitalism.
33. Because the vast majority of protesters I met did believe in capitalism - they're just tired of being screwed over by crony capitalism.