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Noun: co-option
  1. The selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership)
    - co-optation
     
  2. The act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent)
    - co-optation

Derived forms: co-options

Type of: appointment, assignment, designation, election, naming

Encyclopedia: Co-option