co-opt

动词 co-opt:

1. choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague
2. neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group
3. appoint summarily or commandeer
4. take or assume for one's own use

co-opt

v.tr.（及物动词）
co-.opt.ed,co-.opt.ing,co-.opts
To elect as a fellow member of a group.
增选：将…选为团体中新成员
To appoint summarily.
指派：简要地指定或任命
To take or assume for one`s own use; appropriate:
征用：拿来或夺取为某人私用；征用：
例句：
co-opted the criticism by embracing it.
通过欣然接受批评使之为自己服务

To neutralize or win over (an independent minority, for example) through assimilation into an established group or culture:
拉拢：通过将其吸收同化入一个已确立的团体或文化中从而使其中立化或倾向于己方，例如对独立的少数派：
例句：
co-opt rebels by giving them positions of authority.
通过封官拉拢叛乱分子

来源：
Latin coopt3re
拉丁语 coopt3re
co- [co-]
co- [前缀，表.合作.]
opt3re [to choose]
opt3re [选择]

【引伸】
co.-opta.tion
n.（名词）
co-op.tative
co-op.tion
co-op.tive
adj.（形容词）