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▸ verb: appoint summarily or commandeer ("The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups")
▸ verb: choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague ("The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation")
▸ verb: neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group ("We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance")
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