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co⋅opt
[koh-opt] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members. |
| 2. | to assimilate, take, or win over into a larger or established group: The fledgling Labor party was coopted by the Socialist party. |
| 3. | to appropriate as one's own; preempt: The dissidents have coopted the title of her novel for their slogan. |
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| co-opt (kō-ŏpt', kō'ŏpt') tr.v. co-opt·ed, co-opt·ing, co-opts
[Latin cooptāre : co-, co- + optāre, to choose.] co'-op·ta'tion n., co-op'ta·tive (-tə-tĭv) adj., co-op'tion (-ŏp'shən) n., co-op'tive adj. |
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