Meanings
plural rapos
- 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 1051 more example
[…] 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
- Middle Englishrappen
- Englishrape
- Latinō
- Old Frenchoh
- Middle Englisho
- EnglishO
- Middle Englisho
- Englishoh
- Englishrapo
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Cite this entry
rapo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapo
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