kapo
Meanings
noun
- A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor.
- A Jewish person perceived as enabling or assisting harm to the larger Jewish community by collaborating or allying with antisemites.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from German Kapo, see there for further etymology. Doublet of corporal and capo.
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