co-opter

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English

Noun

co-opter (plural co-opters)

  1. One who co-opts.
    • 1979 December 8, R. Paul Martin, “Curiouser And Curiouser”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 20, page 5:
      In the front page article "GAA Responds to Resigned Members" there are contained so many lies and slanders that I must respond. Firstly, the "response" you printed was never approved of by the general membership of GAA. The co-opters of the organization never even brought the statement up for a vote.