CO-OPT


Meaning of CO-OPT in English

(~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

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