Sentences with 'cronies'
Example sentences and phrases with the word cronies and other words derived from it.
• « The politics of the new Italian state (a constitutional monarchy in which the king still had considerable power) was all about patronage: getting jobs for cronies and shifting the burden of taxation to those least able to pay. »
• « The real purpose of King Leopold II of Belgium was personal enrichment for himself and a handful of cronies, and his methods of coercing African labour were atrocious: raids, whippings, hostages, destruction of villages and fields, and murder and mutilation. »