co-opt   (TTS Sound)

The verb co-opt has 4 senses

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


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


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


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