co-opt

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Verb

co-opt (co-opts, present participle co-opting; past and past participle co-opted)

1. To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.
2. To commandeer, appropriate or take over.
3. To absorb or assimilate into an established group.

Translations

• French: coopter
• German: kooptieren
• Italian: cooptare
• Spanish: cooptar

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