cooption

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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.

Also, co-opt.

Origin:
1645–55; < L cooptāre. See co-, opt

Related forms:

co⋅op⋅ta⋅tion, co-op⋅ta⋅tion, co⋅op⋅tion, co-option [koh-op-shuh

, noun

co⋅op⋅ta⋅tive, co-op⋅ta⋅tive [koh-op-tuh-tiv]

, co⋅op⋅tive, co-optive, adjective

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