capo
noun
[ ˈkapəʊ ]
• a clamp fastened across all the strings of a fretted musical instrument to raise their tuning by a chosen amount.
Origin:
late 19th century: from Italian capo tasto, literally ‘head stop’.
capo
noun
• the head of a crime syndicate, especially the Mafia, or a branch of one.
• "the Sicilian capo claims he controls most of the world's heroin trade"
Origin:
1950s: Italian, from Latin caput ‘head’.
