co-opt
verb- co-opt somebody (onto/into something)
to make somebody a member of a group, committee, etc. by the agreement of all the other members （经所有成员同意）增选（某人）为委员 - co-opt somebody/something (disapproving)
to change somebody/something to a different role from the usual or original one; to take somebody's idea and use it for your own purposes 拉拢；笼络 Politicians have been trying to co-opt the movement without embracing its values. 政客们一直试图在不接受其价值观的情况下拉拢该运动。
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin cooptare, from co- ‘together’ + optare ‘choose’.