N-COUNT [usually poss NOUN]好友;密友;(尤指)狐朋狗友 You can refer to friends that someone spends a lot of time with as their cronies, especially when you disapprove of them. 好友;密友;(尤指)狐朋狗友 [informal, disapproval]
He returned from a lunchtime drinking session with his business cronies.