co-opt
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- Rhymes: -ɒpt
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co-opt (third-person singular simple present co-opts, present participle co-opting, simple past and past participle co-opted)
- To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.
- To commandeer, appropriate or take over.
- To absorb or assimilate into an established group.