vverb.socialchoose or elect as a fellow member or colleagueExamples:- The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation
Derivationally Related Form:co-optionco-optation
Hypernyms:elect
Inherited Hypernyms:co-optelectchoosedecide
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.socialneutralize or win over through assimilation into an established groupExamples:- We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance
Hypernyms:neutralize
Inherited Hypernyms:co-optneutralizechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.socialappoint summarily or commandeerExamples:- The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups
Derivationally Related Form:co-optionco-optation
Hypernyms:appoint constitute name nominate
Inherited Hypernyms:co-optappointestablishinitiatecausemake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.possessiontake or assume for one's own useExamples:- He co-opted the criticism and embraced it
Hypernyms:accept take
Inherited Hypernyms:co-opttake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something