co-opt
v. t.
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To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.]
Each of the hundred was to coopt three others.
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To choose or elect as a colleague or fellow member of a group; as, The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation.
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To assimilate (a smaller group) into a larger group.
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To persuade an opponent to join one's own side.
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To appoint summarily (with or without the appointee's consent).
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To appropriate (something rightly belonging to another) as one's own; to preempt; as, to co-opt someone's name.