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co-option
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Noun co-option has 2 senses
  1. co-option, co-optation - the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership)
    --1 is a kind of election
    Derived form: verb co-opt1
  2. co-option, co-optation - the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent)
    --2 is a kind of appointment, assignment, designation, naming
    Derived form: verb co-opt3
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