Usually means: Adoption of elements for advantage.
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  1. co-option: Merriam-Webster
  2. co-option: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. co-option: Collins English Dictionary
  4. co-option: Vocabulary.com
  5. co-option: Wordnik
  6. co-option: Wiktionary
  7. co-option: Dictionary.com
  8. Co-option: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. co-option: Rhymezone
  10. co-option: FreeDictionary.org
  11. co-option: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. co-option: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. co-option: Legal dictionary

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  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

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Definitions from WordNet (co-option)

noun:  the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent)
noun:  the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership)

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