verb [VN] ~ sb (onto / into sth)
1 to make sb a member of a group, committee, etc. by the agreement of all the other members:
She was co-opted onto the board.
2 to include sb in sth, often when they do not want to be part of it
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for co-opt is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does co-opt appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — co-opt appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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