0 past participle, past simple of co-opt
1 (of an elected group) to make someone a member through the choice of the present members:
Typologists may be puzzled to see their methods co-opted to back up minimalist syntax.
Numerous civil groups were co-opted and even sponsored for antidemocratic objectives.
In other words, they allowed themselves to be co-opted into the urban religious hierarchy and in turn transformed their wilderness retreat into a settlement.
Some of the techniques discussed earlier may be co-opted.
And finally, the increasing commercialisation of glitch means the critique is being co-opted and sold back to those who produced it in the first place.
The women's self-empowerment movement is co-opted to promote the utilization of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
Seen from the perspective of the co-opted and bureaucratized movement member, tension, ambivalence, opposition, and conflict is woven into the entanglement.
Under such conditions, environmental regulations can even be co-opted to keep new, cleaner entrants out and further solidify the dominance of old, heavily polluting industries.
