rapo

See also: Rapo, rapó, and rapò

English

Etymology

rape + -o

Noun

rapo (plural rapos)

  1. (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

  • IPA(key): [ˈrapo]
  • Rhymes: -apo
  • Hyphenation: ra‧po

Noun

rapo (accusative singular rapon, plural rapoj, accusative plural rapojn)

  1. turnip (Brassica rapa)

See also

  • napo (rutabaga)

Galician

Verb

rapo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rapar

Italian

Verb

rapo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rapare

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

rāpō

  1. 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

  • Rhymes: -apu

Verb

rapo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rapar

Spanish

Verb

rapo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rapar
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