co-opted; co-opting; co-opts
1
a
: to choose or elect as a member
members co-opted to the committee
b
: to appoint as a colleague or assistant
2
a
: to take into a group (such as a faction, movement, or culture) : absorb, assimilate
The students are co-opted by a system they serve even in their struggle against it.—
A. C. Danto
A. C. Danto
b
: take over, appropriate
a style co-opted by advertisers
Examples of co-opt in a Sentence
the national organization co-opted many formerly independent local groups
Recent Examples on the Web
Critics argue that far from protecting the dignity of the monarch, the law has been co-opted to silence all dissent.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 26 June 2025
This is a helpful and pragmatic approach and role models how healthcare policy can co-opt digitisation without a wholesale depersonalisation takeover.
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The game’s narrative eventually shows the player how digital systems can be co-opted for political purposes by the companies that run them, and how the spectral frisson of virtual likes and online exchanges can, in time, flatten us.
—Simon Parkin, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
Bannon also pushed back at Netanyahu's attempt to co-opt MAGA phrases, citing specifically what the Israeli prime minister told ABC News' Jonathan Karl on Monday as part of his campaign to pressure Trump to act.
—Rick Klein, ABC News, 18 June 2025
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 26 June 2025
This is a helpful and pragmatic approach and role models how healthcare policy can co-opt digitisation without a wholesale depersonalisation takeover.
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The game’s narrative eventually shows the player how digital systems can be co-opted for political purposes by the companies that run them, and how the spectral frisson of virtual likes and online exchanges can, in time, flatten us.
—Simon Parkin, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
Bannon also pushed back at Netanyahu's attempt to co-opt MAGA phrases, citing specifically what the Israeli prime minister told ABC News' Jonathan Karl on Monday as part of his campaign to pressure Trump to act.
—Rick Klein, ABC News, 18 June 2025
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“Co-opt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/co-opt. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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