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English

1. 🔊 take or assume for one's own use
   “He co-opted the criticism and embraced it”
2. 🔊 appoint summarily or commandeer
   “The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups”
3. 🔊 choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague
   “The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation”
4. 🔊 neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group
   “We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance”