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co-opt ['kəu'ɔpt]stresses
coopt
gen. кооптировать; вбирать в себя; ассимилировать; включать (в группу или комитет: She was co-opted onto the board vogeler); принять в состав (организации plushkina); впитать (plushkina); присвоить (plushkina); усвоить (plushkina); принять (plushkina); использовать (divert to or use in a role different from the usual or original one: [with OBJ. and INFINITIVE] social scientists were co-opted to work with the development agencies. n adopt (an idea or policy) for one's own use: the green parties have had most of their ideas co-opted by bigger parties. NOED. Apparent efforts by the authorities to co-opt rising anti-immigrant sentiment in Russia ahead of elections for Parliament in December seem to have compounded their troubles. NYT Alexander Demidov); поглощать (Some protesters saw Mr. Surkov’s about-face as an attempt to co-opt the protest movement. NYT Alexander Demidov); привлекать на свою сторону (dreamjam)
Игорь Миг склонять к сотрудничеству
fig. приспособить (plushkina); взять на вооружение (Баян)
humor. реквизировать; забрать
polit. переманить (в своих интересах: to persuade or lure (an opponent) to join one's own system, party, etc. (Collins Dictionary): He considers the Chinese Communist Party to be a "transnational criminal organization" akin to the Mafia that has committed crimes against its own people and humanity in general. The centerpiece of their strategy has been to co-opt American elites and receive preferential treatment for the marketplace and trade, he maintained, adding that "they transferred something on the order of 3 to 6 trillion dollars from our pension funds, our mutual funds...to the Chinese Communist Party." coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver)
co opt [kəʊ'ɔpt]
gen. забирать; вобрать в себя; поглотить
co-opting
law кооптирующий; кооптирование
co-opted
law кооптированный
co-opt: 17 phrases in 4 subjects
Economy1
General1
Makarov11
Politics4