( co-opts, co-opting, co-opted)
1.
If you co-opt someone, you persuade them to help or support you.
Mr Wallace tries to co-opt rather than defeat his critics...
VERB : V n
2.
If someone is co-opted 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 co-opted into the Labour Government of 1964...
He’s been authorised to co-opt anyone he wants to join him.
VERB : be V-ed into/onto n , V n
3.
If a group or political party co-opts a slogan or policy, they take it, often from another group or political party, and use it themselves.
He co-opted many nationalist slogans and cultivated a populist image.
VERB : V n