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co-opt

verb as in to assimilate in order to take over or appropriate

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“I definitely feel that the Trump campaign has co-opted it in a way that makes it difficult for all people who love 47 to display it.”

The American Revolutionary War, which we’ve seen co-opted in politics for the last few years, is fought and won in the span of a few seconds.

From Salon

If they’re successful then the major parties will co-opt whatever issue the third party was campaigning on.”

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At the same time, mainstream culture appears to be trying to co-opt elements of graffiti culture while severing any of the cultural context that comes from the work or the people.

Before it was co-opted by conservatives, the term "woke" was an expression originating in 1940s African American vernacular that meant being awakened to the presence of racial injustice.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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