coopt
verb (used with object)
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
co-opt
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a variation of
coopt.
Example Sentences
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The idea wasn’t to subsume or co-opt the radicals, but to delegitimize them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
For students who are incarcerated, the limitations co-opt their educational opportunity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025
Even when third parties successfully identify a policy that appeals to voters and isn’t on the Donkey/Elephant menu, they often watch helplessly as Democrats or Republicans co-opt their ideas.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2025
"Now we can co-opt this same strategy to advance our efforts to build synthetic multicellular structures -- and eventually tissues and organs -- for regenerative medicine."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2024
As a result, the Inka were almost forced to co-opt local rulers instead of displacing them.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
