co-opted; co-opting; co-opts
Definition of co-opt
1a
: to choose or elect as a member
members co-opted to the committee
b
: to appoint as a colleague or assistant
2a
: 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
b
: take over, appropriate
a style co-opted by advertisers
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The first known use of co-opt was in 1651
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