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CO-OPT

Definition:

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"
   
   

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