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What does co-opt mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word co-opt? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.
  2. To commandeer, appropriate or take over.
  3. To absorb or assimilate into an established group.
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We will elect nine people to the board, but it will have the ability to co-opt other members if necessary.
It was agreed that the officers would have the power to co-opt three members to act with them on the committee.
Even if we get 5 or 10 million votes, we'll send the Republican and Democratic parties scrambling to co-opt our platform.
A majority of the councillors then agreed to co-opt her as a member and, before last night, she had been to three meetings.
If no candidates come forward town councillors have the power to co-opt a member.
My concern with doing so is that someone else might co-opt my thoughts, ideas, or turns of phrases for use in their own submissions.

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