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English verb: co-opt | |||
| 1. | co-opt (social) choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague | ||
| Samples | The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | elect | ||
| 2. | co-opt (social) neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group | ||
| Samples | We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | neutralize | ||
| 3. | co-opt (social) appoint summarily or commandeer | ||
| Samples | The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appoint, constitute, name, nominate | ||
| 4. | co-opt (possession) take or assume for one's own use | ||
| Samples | He co-opted the criticism and embraced it. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accept, take | ||
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