āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to co-opt
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āĻ¸āĻš-āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to select or bring someone into a group as a colleague or fellow member
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She was co-opted into the board for her expertise.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§ āĻ¸āĻš-āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻĻāĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to take something for one's own use, often without permission
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Protest slogans were co-opted by commercial advertisers.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ
āĻ§āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
