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What does co-opting mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of co-opt
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Not every culture can survive monsoons, British rule, and constant co-opting by fashion-obsessed pop icons.
The co-opting and misapplication of moral language in political arguments undermines its legitimate use.
Yucatecan hacendados were quick to exploit this by financing and co-opting anarchosyndicalist unions, local leaders, and electoral candidates who opposed the agrarian reform.
They don't want college students co-opting their fear, their agony and their misery in order to promote their other agendas.
In many cases it is being done by co-opting both the clergy and the laity, giving them no alternative except to acquiesce.
The co-opting of the Union Jack by various fascist groups has been so successful that the flag is widely seen today as an emblem of the far right.

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