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English
Etymology
From rape + -o.
Noun
rapo (plural rapos)
- (prison slang) A rapist.
2006, Rita Rudner, Turning the Tables, page 105:Chomos and rapos, as prisoners referred to child molesters and rapists, were often accorded a prison justice far swifter and more violent […]
2008, Jacqueline B. Helfgott, Criminal Behavior: Theories, Typologies and Criminal Justice:[…] politicians, characters, and prison toughs are considered upper middle class, square johns the middle class, and prison queens, rapos, and punks the lower class (Silverman, 2001).
Anagrams
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin rāpum. Not to be confused with repo (“rap; rapping”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rapo (accusative singular rapon, plural rapoj, accusative plural rapojn)
- turnip (Brassica rapa)
See also
Galician
Verb
rapo
- first-person singular present indicative of rapar
Italian
Verb
rapo
- first-person singular present indicative of rapare
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
rāpō
- dative/ablative singular of rāpum
References
- “rapo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rapo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- rapo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
rapo
- first-person singular present indicative of rapar
Spanish
Verb
rapo
- first-person singular present indicative of rapar