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Definition of Co-opt

1. Verb. Choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague. "The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation"

2. Verb. Neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group. "We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance"

3. Verb. Appoint summarily or commandeer. "The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups"

4. Verb. Take or assume for one's own use. "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it"

Definition of Co-opt

1. Verb. To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee. ¹

2. Verb. To commandeer, appropriate or take over. ¹

3. Verb. To absorb or assimilate into an established group. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Co-opt

co-occurred co-occurrence co-occurrences co-occurring co-occurs co-op co-operate co-operated co-operates co-operating

co-operation co-operative co-operatively co-opetition co-ops co-opt (current term) co-optation co-opted co-opting co-option

co-options co-opts co-ordinate co-ordinated co-ordinates co-ordinating co-ordination co-ordinational co-ordinator co-ordinators

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