To forcefully subsume something into a larger system or whole, with blatant disregard for the individuality of the thing to be subsumed. Inspired by the
Borg, a fictional civilization of cyborgs in the Star
Trek universe who, although composed of billions of individual bodies and machines, share a single conciousness. The
Borg assimilate other species and cultures, adapting their biological and technological distinctiveness to service the
Borg, with the declaration that "resistance is futile."
When Gretchen read the
memo from headquarters instructing all branch managers to begin using the
new timekeeping system at the beginning of the
new fiscal year, she knew her team would really resent another attempt to borgify operations.