- a variation of cooptation.
co-optation
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co-optations
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U.S. officials should also consider more punishing sanctions for Chinese officials higher up in the food chain who oversee foreign espionage operations that violate norms, such as IP theft or the co-optation of cybercriminals.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
People who work with words for a living have heard for years that artificial intelligence is coming for our jobs; co-optation of em dashes means we’re one step closer to obsolescence.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2025
“I think it’s the co-optation of religious practices by white supremacists to actually subjugate Black, queer, and trans folk,” Abram said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
This kind of co-optation has become common in remote areas of the jungle — and precisely what many indigenous leaders want to stop.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2018
Where the general assembly is non-existent or moribund, offices are filled either by co-optation or by elections in the assemblies of the craft-gilds, or are even allowed to descend by hereditary right.
From Medieval Europe by H. W. C. (Henry William Carless) Davis
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