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 co-opt, co·öpt v. t.  To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.]
    Each of the hundred was to coopt three others.   --Jowett (Thucyd.).
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 co-opt
      v 1: choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague; "The church
           members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to
           replenish the congregation"
      2: neutralize or win over through assimilation into an
         established group; "We co-opted the independent minority
         tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance"
      3: appoint summarily or commandeer; "The army tried to co-opt
         peasants into civil defence groups"
      4: take or assume for one's own use; "He co-opted the criticism
         and embraced it"