The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Wouldn't the best way to do that be to co-opt me?". From Wordnik.com. [First Brush With History] Reference
"As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them.". From Wordnik.com. [Jim DeMint Driving Tea Party To The Senate] Reference
If they can't kill it, they'll corrupt and co-opt it. From Wordnik.com. [Lee Stranahan: Is America About To Reach A Third Party Tipping Point?] Reference
But Chavez's attempts to co-opt the soldiers may backfire. From Wordnik.com. [Chavez's Military Maneuvers] Reference
He said, "We have to co-opt them when they come to Washington.". From Wordnik.com. [Time for Tea?] Reference
Sarkozy has managed to co-opt or crush virtually all opposition. From Wordnik.com. [Sarkozy’s Obama Envy] Reference
Doesn't that kind of stroking, you know, tend to co-opt a reporter?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2004] Reference
It seems that they're wanting to co-opt that to the national level. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 25, 2004] Reference
What you have to do is try to, if I can use the term, to co-opt them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2006] Reference
Want-to-be summer hits not only borrow from the past, they co-opt them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 21, 2005] Reference
That John McCain, he believes, is trying to co-opt his message of change. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 8, 2008] Reference
Their efforts to co-opt Obama's something of change took a new twist, though. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 9, 2008] Reference
You co-opt them to be a part oaf the Iraqi security forces, like a national guard. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2006] Reference
So no, they want to co-opt the Republicans, rather than the Republicans co-opt them. From Wordnik.com. [Time for Tea?] Reference
We needed to co-opt and deal with and talk to everybody who was willing to reconcile. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2009] Reference
"I wish we could co-opt some biologists and psychologists into this," murmured Rakkan. From Wordnik.com. [Security] Reference
Some people (not men, I'd bet) may be offended: is there nothing those guys won't co-opt?. From Wordnik.com. [Arnold Proves He's Bigger Than Ever] Reference
Something happened along the way, though, to allow him -- Al Gore to co-opt that from him. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: Super Tuesday Could be Political Epitaph For Bill Bradley - March 5, 2000] Reference
So there's already an attempt to co-opt the Tea Party into a part of the GOP establishment. From Wordnik.com. [Time for Tea?] Reference
The question now is whether he will try to crush Yeltsin once and for all, or to co-opt him. From Wordnik.com. [Yeltsin's Challenge] Reference
How -- how likely is it that you can negotiate or co-opt or pay off segments of the Taliban?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2009] Reference
"No one has the right to co-opt the legacy of Dr. King," Heidi Williamson of SisterSong said. From Wordnik.com. [Anti-Abortion Rally At MLK's Grave Held By Catholic Pro-Life Group] Reference
One signal that the Democrats are scoring points is the LDP's move to co-opt their best ideas. From Wordnik.com. [Koizumi's Children] Reference
AMANPOUR: In other words, co-opt the people into providing vital information on the insurgents. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2005] Reference
One of the greatest challenges for advertising lies in figuring out how to co-opt social change. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Mad Men Review: "The Good News" Is Sad Yet Very Good] Reference
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