co-opt

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• April 21. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  co-opt — verb — english

  choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague; "The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  co-opt — verb — english

  neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group; "We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  co-opt — verb — english

  appoint summarily or commandeer; "The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  co-opt — verb — english

  take or assume for one's own use; "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it"