co-opt

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co-opt

1. (historia) ottaa Rooman senaatin jäseneksi
2. valita jäseneksi aikaisempien jäsenten kutsulla, kooptoida

   The new members co-opted to the committee are...

3. valita (kollegaksi, assistentiksi)
4. (kuvaannollisesti) omia, ottaa omakseen t. omiin tarkoituksiinsa

   Western feminists seem to have co-opted the young Nobel Peace Prize winner.

   slang expressions co-opted by the advertising industry

   How Putin co-opted the Republican Party (Time)

   The government managed to co-opt one of the rebel groups.

Liittyvät sanat

• co-option, co-optation