coopt in a sentence

Examples

1. A high-profile terror trial in Israel could also disrupt Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's efforts to coopt Hamas, his most powerful political rival.
2. In his nearly three-year rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Arafat has been trying to coopt, rather than confront the militants.
3. After a gradual escalation of tensions between the two camps, and after the regime failed to coopt the movement, Gallego's tinny shack was torched.
4. He visits Bashir again and pretends collaboration to coopt him into finding a way to reverse the imprint, saying that this way they can then seize control for themselves.
5. Humanitarian sentiment being what it is, any guerrilla movement can coopt international refugee aid for military, political or even racist purposes so long as refugees are languishing in camps.
6. Where agencies are allowed to operate, this is often due to the desire of Al-Shabaab to coopt and materially and politically benefit from the provision of aid and services.
7. But afterward, the government allowed more public protests and criticism, and the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which has governed Mexico since 1929, moved to coopt rather than crush its critics.
8. "We've failed to coopt them into the political process, and there is a danger they will will refuse to acknowledge the legitimacy of the new order ."
9. In Egypt, attempts to use Islam as a political tool go back to early in the century when both British colonial rulers and nationalists fighting for independence tried to coopt the Brotherhood.
10. El-Husseini says he has been approached by Procter & Gamble officials trying to explain, but he dismisses that as an attempt to " coopt " him.