Kapo

Or ka·po

[kah-poh]

noun

1. a Nazi concentration camp prisoner who was given privileges in return for supervising prisoner work gangs: often a common criminal and frequently brutal to fellow inmates.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kapo¹

< German, perhaps shortening of French caporal corporal ²

Example Sentences

Featured on his latest album “201,” the gentle love ballad is elevated with the poetic additions of Colombian singer-rapper Kapo, whose soft-spoken interludes heat up the track.

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In its latest annual report, Estonia’s internal security service Kapo quotes the example of last autumn when hundreds of schools in Estonia and other Baltic states were sent emails claiming bombs had been placed in school buildings.

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However, KAPO, the Estonian internal security service, confirmed to ERR that companies related to the prime minister’s husband had not violated sanctions.

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A Kapo was a concentration camp inmate who was given privileges for supervising prisoner work gangs.

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I did not expect to be called a kapo.

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