co-opt

Verb
  1. Choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague (synset 202406193)
    "The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation"
    is a type of: elect - select by a vote for an office or membership
  2. Neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group (synset 202541764)
    "We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance"
    is a type of: neutralize - make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
  3. Appoint summarily or commandeer (synset 202402408)
    "The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups"
    is a type of: appoint, constitute, name, nominate - create and charge with a task or function
  4. Take or assume for one's own use (synset 202367459)
    "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it"
    is a type of: accept, take - make use of or accept for some purpose

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