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kapo.

A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑːpəʊ/UK/ˈkɑpəʊ/US
  1. A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor.

    historical
  2. A Jewish person perceived as enabling or assisting harm to the larger Jewish community by collaborating or allying with antisemites.

    ethnic · offensive · slur · vulgar
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Kapo, see there for further etymology. Doublet of corporal and capo.

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