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Definition of Capone
1. Noun. United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capone
Literary usage of Capone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A nautical and technical dictionary of the English and Italian languages by Raffaele Settembrini (1879)
"Direttore della mensa degli Ufficiali. Carica che ciascuno dei commensali esercita
per la durata di un mese. CAT-FALL. Tirante del Capone. ..."
2. Financial Investigations: A Financial Approach to Detecting and Resolving Crimesby Don Vogel by Don Vogel (1999)
"Take, for example, the case against Al Capone. Capone was one of the United ...
This investigator was able to build a case against Capone when one of ..."
3. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1844)
"and hadde to fore hym as fatte capone as a man myght fynde. That capone caught
I, and ranne my weye ther- with al that I myghte. ..."
4. Bibliotheca Spenceriana; Or, A Descriptive Catalogue of the ... Library of by George John Spencer Spencer, Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1815)
"... And hadde to fore hym as fatte capone as a man myght fynde, that capone caught
I & ranne my weye therwith al that I myghte, the preest cryed out & said ..."
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