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From non- +‎ crony.

Noun

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noncrony (plural noncronies)

  1. (informal) Not a crony.
    • 2011, Erica Chenoweth, Maria Stephan, Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict[1]:
      [] including the Makati Business Club, formed in 1981 and made up of noncrony capitalists, began to openly denounce state corruption, notably the accumulation of public debt resulting from payouts to cronies.