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rapo en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English rappen English rape Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English rapo From rape + -o.

Meanings

  1. (slang) A rapist.
    • […] 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). 2008, Jacqueline B. Helfgott, Criminal Behavior: Theories, Typologies and Criminal Justice:
    • Chomos and rapos, as prisoners referred to child molesters and rapists, were often accorded a prison justice far swifter and more violent […] 2006, Rita Rudner, Turning the Tables, page 105:

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