| co-opt | (v) choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague, Example: The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation |
| co-opt | (v) neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group, Example: We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance |
| co-opt | (v) appoint summarily or commandeer, Example: The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups |
| co-opt | (v) take or assume for one's own use, Example: He co-opted the criticism and embraced it |
| co-option | (n) the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership), Syn. co-optation |
| co-option | (n) the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent), Syn. co-optation |