co-opt
Verbs
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(v) choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague
- The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation
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(v) neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group
- We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance
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(v) appoint summarily or commandeer
- The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups
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(v) take or assume for one's own use
- He co-opted the criticism and embraced it