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co-opt


verb
1. choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague (Freq. 1)
- The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation
Derivationally related forms:
co-option, co-optation
Hypernyms:
elect
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group
- We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance
Hypernyms:
neutralize
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. appoint summarily or commandeer
- The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups
Derivationally related forms:
co-option, co-optation
Hypernyms:
appoint, name, nominate, constitute
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. take or assume for one's own use
- He co-opted the criticism and embraced it
Hypernyms:
take, accept
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

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