to co-opt
- verb
- /koʊˈɑpt/
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cooptar
- Many grassroots movements are often co-opted by larger organizations to align with mainstream agendas.
But after a while, you know, punk then became Co opted by the mainstream.
- But after a while, you know, punk then became Co opted by the mainstream.
- It's it seems like these big publications are very much Co opted by intelligence and by the government.
- Because it takes too long and if it takes a long time, the incumbents have time to Co opt the market right?
- Over three years they've been Co opted by ISIS or Al Qaeda and they're ready for some payback.
- This is why Nietzsche was so easily Co opted by the Nazis because of what his sister had done.
- And you know they so this this isn't the first time that Jewish intellectuals have been Co opted into a movement that, at least in my mind, goes against their interest.
- Hair was that transitional point where you wondered whether it was being Co opted or not.
- And now the fact that you do have a gullible surveillance state Co opted by volunteers that don't realise they're doing it.
- The next thing you know, the healthy foods are being eliminated because the people in power have it's been Co opted.
- I think that's kind of being Co opted as a part of high value, now high value men and high value women.
Examples
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But after a while, you know, punk then became Co opted by the mainstream.
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So what you're talking about is entrenched powers, Co opting the, the anger on the streets.
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I want to make this clear, not all the political attempts to Co opt and destroy it from the inside.
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But instead for people who have Co opted the idea of this to not be in normal relation with other people.
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When that group can be Co opted and can be infected.
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Many different communities have Co opted quantum speak.
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It's it seems like these big publications are very much Co opted by intelligence and by the government.
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Because it takes too long and if it takes a long time, the incumbents have time to Co opt the market right?
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Prejudice is fine, but pride is a term that has been Co opted by the gang.
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And everything that you're seeing and reading in in mainstream news outlets is corrupted and Co opted and captured.
Synonyms
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4.1
To become part of a larger group and take part in its life
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6.2
To make a country or group not take sides in a fight
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Etymology
Co-opt comes from the parts co- ('with') and opt ('choose'), like the word option, and a common tactic was to bring critics 'with' you to stop their opposition, so to co-opt someone can mean to win them over by making them part of your group.