kapo
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˈkɑːpoʊ/
- Slur
- As a Kapo, he had to choose between saving himself and standing up for his fellow prisoners.
Examples
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I've always thought the kapos were brave folks.
Blog text (20) -
His father was probably a ruthless kapo; his mother was a prostitute.
Fiction book (1994) -
"The kapo helps the underground groups," said Colette, and she knew that their love would never develop to its fullest.
Fiction book (1991) -
The only white politician allowed to remain in power is the fat, traitorous piece of shit Chris Christie, who will be the most powerful Kapo in the great American concentration camp.
Blog text (20) -
The Kapo enforced the Nazis' rules among the prisoners with little regard for their suffering.
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Everyone in the camp despised the Kapo for betraying his own people to gain favor with the guards.
How Complicit
- Offensive
320
3.9
- Slur
1
9.9
172
6.7
- Offensive
17
8.1
34
4.8
79
3.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kapo is also used as a strong insult for someone from an oppressed group who helps the oppressors, because kapos often had to enforce the guards' rules and sometimes punish their own people to survive.