Definition of "co-opted" [co-opted]

• Simple past tense and past participle of co-opt. (verb)

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• "Black Friday is a term co-opted by retailers to refer to the time of year when their business moves into the black, or turns a profit."
• "Your being co-opted by people that were never TEA partiers."
• "The freedoms granted by the Constitution are being co-opted by them and perverted so that laws necessary for a civilized society are a threat to them."