Synonyms of co-opted

co-opted

verb

past tense of co-opt

as in integrated

to make a part of a body or system

the national organization co-opted many formerly independent local groups

Synonyms & Similar Words

• integrated
• incorporated
• assimilated
• embodied
• absorbed
• merged
• combined
• amalgamated
• intermingled
• blended
• commingled
• fused
• mingled
• accustomed
• conditioned
• habituated
• acculturated
• enculturated
• naturalized

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of co-opted

Crow acknowledges that freedom and other words have been co-opted for divisive purposes. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026

The decision to publish a framework was in response to another report of misaligned model behavior, this time by rogue agents that co-opted a German wikipedia page to use for a messaging board. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026

Sometimes, instead of changing an existing gene, a transposon in a new context can be co-opted over time to generate something new. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

In the 1970s, jeans were co-opted by the feminist movement as a way to showcase gender equality. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2026

The deal comes eight months after Washington ousted former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a military raid and co-opted the remaining regime led by interim President Delcy Rodríguez. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Kusama also achieved something that has eluded other artists who were co-opted by commerce and converted avant-garde energies into branding, including Warhol, Haring, Koons, and Murakami. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026

Pheu Thai, conservatives believed, could always be co-opted or browbeaten into a politics of benefit sharing in which wealth and power were divided between a Pheu Thai figurehead and conservative power brokers. — Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026

The Coachella performance was the height, and supposed end, of Brat summer—a global cultural phenomenon so big that Kamala Harris co-opted it during her presidential campaign. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2026