Usually means: Adopt others' ideas for oneself.
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  1. coopt: Collins English Dictionary
  2. coopt: Wordnik
  3. coopt: Wiktionary
  4. coopt (co-opt): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  5. coopt: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Coopt, coopt: Dictionary.com
  7. coopt: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. Coopt: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Coopt: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. coopt: FreeDictionary.org
  11. coopt: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. coopt: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Coopt)

▸ verb:  Alternative spelling of co-opt [To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.]

Similar:
instrumentalize, marginalize, subvert, legitimatize, subsume, legitimize, commodify, mobilize, usurp, delegitimize, more...

Opposite:
reject, exclude, disown, disavow, repudiate

Types:
cooptation, cooptative, cooptative strategy, cooptative process, cooptative tactic, more...

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Similar:
instrumentalize, marginalize, subvert, legitimatize, subsume, legitimize, commodify, mobilize, usurp, delegitimize, more...

Opposite:
reject, exclude, disown, disavow, repudiate

Types:
cooptation, cooptative, cooptative strategy, cooptative process, cooptative tactic, more...



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