cronyism

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There is ample historical evidence that government control over banks’ lending can breed cronyism and misallocation of funds.
足夠的歷史証據表明政府控制銀行的借貸會導致任人唯親以及存款的錯誤分配。
Mr Sarkozy’s network of business chums invites suspicions of cronyism.
薩科奇的商業好友圈子有任用親信的嫌疑。
One priority for the new government ought to be to root out the cronyism (and its linked party financing) that gave property developers too much political influence.
新政府的首要任務應該是徹底鏟除任人唯親（及與其有關的政黨融資），因其給房地産開發商們施加了太多政治影響。

An important survey rates nations on bribery, cronyism, nepotism and their impact on business competitiveness.
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Another student wondered what role, if any, cronyism plays in the decision making of venture capitalists.
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Price rationing works to eradicate cronyism, so the planners see it as away from the collective.
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the situation in which someone important gives jobs to friends rather than to independent people who have the necessary skills and experience

If you accuse someone in authority of cronyism, you mean that they use their power or authority to get jobs for their friends.