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Word: cappola (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1943-1943
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...rumrunner, slot-machine magnate, betting commissioner, had spent ten months in the workhouse for illegal possession of a gun, had paid no income taxes on his lush rakeoffs for 13 years. He knew almost every big-name gangster of recent history: Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Dutch Schultz, "Trigger Mike" Cappola. But he added: "I had bundles of real important friends of mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Manhattan: The New Justice | 11/15/1943 | See Source »

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