cannibalize

Individuals and groups with unsavory agendas can try to cannibalize such movements from within.

The initiative will likely be a test to whether it cannibalizes higher-priced attendance on other days, Reese said.

By opening locations outside California, the company prevents its current stores from cannibalizing each other’s sales — among the reasons Shake Shack cited for its recent L.A. closures.

“It dwindled down to 16 functioning buses, and the rest were being cannibalized in order to maintain a minimum level of functioning buses.”

He hyped Medicare Advantage, a privatization scheme set up to cannibalize Medicare, even though studies repeatedly show it raises patient costs without improving care.