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

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

While the Dalai Lama has served as an outspoken advocate for democracy and human rights, that moral authority may now be co-opted by an authoritarian superpower. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

Of late, the tourist haven has been co-opted as yet another place for New York fans to cheer. — ABC News, 13 June 2026

Digwa was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, concluding a case that the far-right has co-opted for its false narrative that British institutions, including the police, are biased against White Britons. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 June 2026