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noun
A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A Jewish person perceived as enabling or assisting harm to the larger Jewish community by collaborating or allying with antisemites.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ethnic, offensive, slur, vulgar
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Synonyms: self-hating Jew
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from German Kapo, see there for further etymology. Doublet of corporal and capo.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
