Wiktionary
co-opts
vb. (en-third-person singular of: co-opt)
WordNet
co-opts
See coopts
Usage examples of "co-opts".
The source of fear may be located in the imagination, but the process of feeling scared inevitably co-opts the resources of the whole body.
Then Ngomo starts his plotting and is discovered by Coydt, but instead of stamping on him she co-opts him.