| co-opt | переманить (в своих интересах: to persuade or lure (an opponent) to join one's own system, party, etc. (Collins Dictionary): He considers the Chinese Communist Party to be a "transnational criminal organization" akin to the Mafia that has committed crimes against its own people and humanity in general. The centerpiece of their strategy has been to co-opt American elites and receive preferential treatment for the marketplace and trade, he maintained, adding that "they transferred something on the order of 3 to 6 trillion dollars from our pension funds, our mutual funds...to the Chinese Communist Party."  coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
