rapo

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noun

A rapist.

Scrabble 6

Meanings

nounrapo (plural rapos)

plural rapos

  1. slangA rapist.

    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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    […] 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

Origin

  1. Middle Englishrappen
  2. Englishrape
  3. Latinō
  4. Old Frenchoh
  5. Middle Englisho
  6. EnglishO
  7. Middle Englisho
  8. Englishoh
  9. Englishrapo

From rape + -o.

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APA

rapo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapo

MLA

“rapo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rapo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapo.

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