Defenition of the word co-opt

• Defenition of the word co-opt

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

Hypernyms for the word co-opt

• • accept
  • appoint
  • constitute
  • elect
  • name
  • neutralize
  • nominate
  • take

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