co-opted in English

verb
1
appoint to membership of a committee or other body by invitation of the existing members.
This Committee is authorised to co-opt more members, if necessary.

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1. 20 Sofia Petrovna co-opted Natasha as her assistant.

2. He co-opted many nationalist slogans and cultivated a populist image.

3. Rock 'n' roll music was largely co-opted from the blues.

4. 9 She was co-opted on to the committee last June.

5. Synonyms for Connaturalized include co-opted, accepted, admitted, adopted, converted, elected, embraced, encompassed, enfolded and homogenised

6. As in the case of every other issue that could have been used against him, Clinton co-opted it.

7. However, many ranks, traditions, and regulations in Brazil's system of nobility were co-opted directly from the Portuguese aristocracy.

8. Alternatively or in addition he may be co-opted on to other public bodies, such as hospital authorities, water authorities, etc.

9. Baalbek would continue to be co-opted through the Muslim conquest of Syria, European invasion during the Crusades, Mongol occupation, Ottoman expansion and even the world wars

10. Ablaut was no longer a phonetic process but had been co-opted to mark different forms of verbs grammatically: o-grade for the singular of the perfect tense, for example

11. ‘Characteristically, the dictatorship co-opted or eliminated political opponents and regional Caudillos or bosses.’ ‘In 1871, a liberal Caudillo or military dictator, Justo Rufino Barrios, took power and ruled as president from 1873 to 1885.’