Caponesque

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Capone +‎ -esque, after Al Capone.

Adjective

Caponesque (comparative more Caponesque, superlative most Caponesque)

  1. Having a similarity to Al Capone.
    • 1969, Edith De Rham, How Could She Do That?: A Study of the Female Criminal, page 212:
      […] it seems that Bimbo had accused Nickolas of using Caponesque methods in an effort to usurp his kingdom, which included some 300,000 subjects in the United States at the time.
    • 1978, Kate Caffrey, '37-'39: Last Look Round, page 16:
      […] a Caponesque terrorism with a tawdry kind of glamour, a meretricious appeal.
    • 2022, Matthew Engel, The Way It Was: Life in Elizabeth's Britain, 1952–79:
      It is fair to say that those drawn to the paramilitaries shared a mixture of some or all of these characteristics: idealism, initiative, thrill-seeking, bravery, an urge to emulate their forebears, ruthlessness, Caponesque gangsterism, vindictiveness and psychopathy.·
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