Meaning & use
coopted
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Took over or appropriated something for one's own purposes, or appointed someone to a group without a formal election.
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The movement's message was eventually coopted by advertisers looking to seem edgy.
The board coopted two new members to fill vacant seats before the next election.
A note on using this word
Often spelled with a hyphen, "co-opted," to avoid confusion with the unrelated word "cooped," as in "cooped up."
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