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  • noun Plural form of capo.

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Examples

  • The perpetrators and their "capos" may think that they have been able to silence Maria Clelia Spinas Dora and they may even think they have succeeded in silencing further investigation of their corruption, stealing millions from the public purse.

    Voices from beyond the grave can convict corrupt bankers/contractors who thought they could silence testimony! 2009

  • Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola could team on 'GoodFathas,' a Mafia-inspired reality show in which "capos" run numbers rackets and dope rings in an attempt to avoid a swim with the fishes.

    Inside TV Blog Harley W. Lond 2010

  • I say that we have them living among us, and the five Supreme Court Justices who just reversed decades of election spending reform are some of their "capos" enabling their evil.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2010

  • Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola could team on 'GoodFathas,' a Mafia-inspired reality show in which "capos" run numbers rackets and dope rings in an attempt to avoid a swim with the fishes.

    Inside TV Blog Harley W. Lond 2010

  • This week's Supreme Court decision reminds me of how, in concentration camps, "capos" were prisoners who were well treated, in response for betraying their fellow prisoners.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2010

  • Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola could team on 'GoodFathas,' a Mafia-inspired reality show in which "capos" run numbers rackets and dope rings in an attempt to avoid a swim with the fishes.

    Inside TV Blog Harley W. Lond 2010

  • I say that we have them living among us, and the five Supreme Court Justices who just reversed decades of election spending reform are some of their "capos" enabling their evil.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2010

  • Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola could team on 'GoodFathas,' a Mafia-inspired reality show in which "capos" run numbers rackets and dope rings in an attempt to avoid a swim with the fishes.

    Inside TV Blog Harley W. Lond 2010

  • This week's Supreme Court decision reminds me of how, in concentration camps, "capos" were prisoners who were well treated, in response for betraying their fellow prisoners.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2010

  • You gotta remember that Dick Cheney, who is still one of the top "capos" in America's economic mafia, has been America's self-anointed assassination king for the last eight years

    The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy 2009

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