CAPONE


Meaning of CAPONE in English

(1898–1947)

a powerful leader of organized crime in Chicago , US, during the period of Prohibition . His nickname was Scarface. He had seven rival criminals murdered in the St Valentine’s Day Massacre , but the police could not find enough evidence on which to arrest him. He was finally sent to prison in 1931 for not paying enough income tax.

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