coopt

coopt
cooptation, co-optation, cooption, co-option /koh op"sheuhn/, n.cooptative, co-optative /koh op"teuh tiv/, cooptive, co-optive, adj.
/koh opt"/, v.t.
1. to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
2. to assimilate, take, or win over into a larger or established group: The fledgling Labor party was coopted by the Socialist party.
3. to appropriate as one's own; preempt: The dissidents have coopted the title of her novel for their slogan.
Also, co-opt.
[1645-55; < L cooptare. See CO-, OPT]

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