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co-opt
1 a: to choose or elect as a member b: to appoint as a colleague or assistant2 a: to take into a group (as a faction, movement, or culture) : absorb, assimilate <the students are co–opted by a system they serve even in their struggle against it — A. C. Danto> b: take over, appropriate <a style co–opted by advertisers>
— co–op·ta·tion
 \ˌkō-ˌäp-ˈtā-shən\ noun — co–op·ta·tive
\kō-ˈäp-tə-tiv\ adjective — co–op·tion
\-ˈäp-shən\ noun — co–op·tive
\-ˈäp-tiv\ adjective
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