Answer: coopt

AnswerCrossword Clue
COOPTAbsorb as a member
COOPTPreempt
COOPTVote in
COOPTAppoint summarily
COOPTAppoint as an associate
COOPTElect by votes of members
COOPTVote in a new member
COOPTTake over, in a way
COOPTUsurp
COOPTTake for one's own
COOPTPre-empt
COOPTMake one's own
cooptappoint as a colleague or assistant
coopttake into a group (as a faction, movement, or culture) absorb assimilate the students are coûopted by a system they serve even in their struggle against it A. C. Danto
cooptto choose or elect as a member
cooptto elect into a body by the votes of the existing members
cooptto assimilate, take, or win over into a larger or established group
cooptto appropriate as one's own; preempt
cooptto appoint (to assign to a job)
COOPTTake over as one's own
COOPTLure into joining
COOPTAppropriate
COOPTClaim eminent domain
COOPTClaim as one's own
COOPTSubsume into a larger group
COOPTTake over to use as one's own
COOPTTake over
COOPTUse for one's own purposes
COOPTTake for one's own use
COOPTAssimilate
COOPTCommandeer
COOPTAssimilate into a larger group
COOPTTake as one's own
COOPTChoose jointly.
COOPTElect, as to a committee.
COOPTElect to be a fellow member.
COOPTAppoint as a colleague.