(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ someone, you persuade them to help or support you.
Mr Wallace tries to ~ rather than defeat his critics...
VERB: V n
2.
If someone is ~ed into a group, they are asked by that group to become a member, rather than joining or being elected in the normal way.
He was ~ed into the Labour Government of 1964...
He’s been authorised to ~ anyone he wants to join him.
VERB: be V-ed into/onto n, V n
3.
If a group or political party ~s a slogan or policy, they take it, often from another group or political party, and use it themselves.
He ~ed many nationalist slogans and cultivated a populist image.
VERB: V n