(1) An investigation by The Sunday Times in 2003 revealed that the honours system was corrupted by spin and cronyism .

(2) The appointment sparked a furious row over cronyism and the use of public cash.

(3) Charges of corruption, graft, and cronyism are common among government officials at all levels.

(4) The malpractices, incompetence, cronyism and corruption he rightly castigates are not a product of devolution.

(5) Sensitive to accusations of cronyism , he also wanted a non-political appointment.

(6) He came from privilege, yet fought for labor and against cronyism and corruption.

(7) The vote was a sign of weariness with rampant cronyism in government and a rapidly declining economy.

(8) Corruption, cronyism and all the usual accoutrements came in tow.

(9) Being from Chicago I can tell you that I have seen quite a bit of political corruption and cronyism .

(10) Allegations of bias, cronyism , and petty politicking have often tainted the results.

(11) It's an invitation to cronyism and corruption or total ineffectuality.

(12) He also took them to task for their authority board appointments and suggested they operated a system of cronyism .

(13) The outcome is corruption and cronyism , which has implications for development.

(14) He announced that reform will indeed happen and there will be an end to cronyism in the appointment of judges.

(15) Corruption and cronyism have increased in the spheres of politics and business in an almost obscene fashion.

(16) This is a government for the insiders, for political appointments and cronyism .

(17) In the past week, accusations of cronyism and sexual politics have turned the city hall press gallery upside down.

(18) Now it's the code of connections, corruption, and cronyism that reigns supreme.

(19) It looked like an end to the cronyism with which many of the government's appointments had been tainted

(20) The thing about corruption or cronyism is that it's almost impossible to prove, unless its done very incompetently.

(21) The whole culture of greed, arrogance, cronyism and corruption was marvellously encapsulated in that instructive episode.