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Coopt

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preemptsverb(transitive) To prevent or beat to the punch, to forestall an expected occurrence by acting first.
cooptingverbAlternative form of co-opt. [(transitive) To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.]
instrumentalizeverb(transitive) To make into an instrument for achieving a goal.
cooptedverbAlternative form of co-opt. [(transitive) To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.]
cooptsnoun
marginalizeverb(transitive) To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.
subvertverb(transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
legitimatizeverb(transitive) To make legitimate.
subsumeverb(transitive) To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.
legitimizeverb(transitive) To make legitimate.
commodifyverb(transitive) To make something into a commodity, sometimes at the expense of its intrinsic value.
mobilizeverb(transitive) To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.
usurpverbTo seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
delegitimizeverb(transitive) To make something less legitimate.
cooptationnounA co-opting: a commandeering, appropriation, or taking over.
delegitimiseverbAlternative spelling of delegitimize. [(transitive) To make something less legitimate.]
weaponizeverb(transitive) To make into a weapon.
delegitimateverb(transitive) To cause (something) not to be legitimate; to make illegitimate, to illegitimize.
reinscribeverbTo inscribe again.
infiltratenoun(pathology) Any undesirable substance or group of cells that has made its way into part of the body.

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