co-opt

  1. To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.
  2. To commandeer, appropriate or take over.
  3. To absorb or assimilate into an established group, movement, category, etc.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kəʊˈɒpt/
Etymology

From Latin cooptō (“to choose, elect”), from co(m)- + optō (“to opt”).

mettre la main (sur)

an sich bringen

s’emparer (de)

co-opter

coöpteren

prendre d’assaut

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