cronies Definition

minions, acolytes, cohorts, associates, chums, sidekicks, pals, buddies, accomplices, friends, comrades, amigos, playmates, boyfriends, mates, shipmates, friendships, classmates, lackeys, toadies, sycophants, flunkies, henchmen, fatcat, cabal, plutocrats, incompetents, placemen, stooges, appointees, hirelings, bootlicking, underlings, clique, loyalists, profiteers, inner circle, coterie, cronyism, bagmen, goons, connivers, crooks, largesse, largess, thugs, consiglieri, machinations, praetorian guard, despots, shills, dictators, patronage, egotists, bunglers, mediocrities, scoundrels, elites, jobbery, ilk, fiefdom, malefactors, barons, opportunists, shysters, flunkey, tycoons, scumbag, lickspittle, truckling, kleptocracy, cahoots, quisling, oligarchy, sinecure, boodle, paymasters, curry favor, tinhorn, nepotism, venality, mountebanks, bigwigs, bureaucrats, hatchetman, lieutenants, flatterers, moneybags, greed, scumbags, magnates, nomenklatura, gravy train, slimeball, bagman, buffoons, megalomaniac, jackasses, demagogues, potentates,