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co-opt verb

\ kō-ˈäpt \
co-opted; co-opting; co-opts
Definition of co-opt
transitive verb

1a: to choose or elect as a member
members co-opted to the committee
b: to appoint as a colleague or assistant
2a: to take into a group (such as a faction, movement, or culture) : ABSORB, ASSIMILATE
The students are co-opted by a system they serve even in their struggle against it.
— A. C. Danto
b: TAKE OVER, APPROPRIATE
a style co-opted by advertisers

Which definition do you mean?

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Yes... coopted requires both a subject and object in order to make any sense at all.

[Robert DeLong]

I’m glad you asked, because his statement really doesn’t make sense to me, as written.

[Bill of Rights FIRST]

Take over

And this definition of coopt too:

divert to or use in a role different from the usual or original one.