Scrupulously honest themselves (his brother Jaroslaw does not even have a bank account) the twins could hardly have been more different from the sleek cronies who populate large parts of the Polish political spectrum.
" If so, it is a serious case. Nothing less would bring a man out on such a day and at such an hour. But I take it that it is more likely to be some crony of the landlady's."
Harry was worried, not only about what Hagrid might have decided to teach them, but also about how the rest of the class, particularly Malfoy and his cronies, would behave if Umbridge was watching them.
The opposition were uncharacteristically united in city elections, and Mr Orban's cronies do not completely dominate the media in the capital, unlike in the rest of the country.
The IMF also insisted on a long list of reforms designed to liberalise their economies and, in particular, to dismantle practices and institutions derided as corrupt and inefficient forms of " crony capitalism" .
Harry looked around; he had expected this, but that did not make the sight of Draco Malfoy smirking at him from between his cronies Crabbe and Goyle any more enjoyable.
Unlike classic crony capitalism where the extraction of rents is paramount, Reliance's huge level of reinvestment mean its return on capital is modest: below 10% every year for the past decade.
Having worked as an analyst (for the Economist Intelligence Unit, our sister company) and a consultant, he wrote books on China's seduction of foreign businessmen and Asia's crony capitalists.
It was Neville's turn next: for Neville's parents, well-known Aurors, had been tortured into insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange and a couple of Death Eater cronies.