Skip to main content

activist capture

When a group or organisation is infiltrated by those representing minority interests in such a way that they gain significant influence or control and then use this to push their desired agenda.

Activist capture is usually a deliberate process initiated by outsiders of the group or organisation. Tactics include: *Making demands for representation, often citing a lack thereof
*Calls for allyships
*Forming of a bloc that is used to drown out individual members and amplify their own voices
* Liberal use and accusations of "isms" and "phobias" designed to force compliance through fear
*Threats or intimidation if the above doesn't work

Activist capture is a strategy used when it is highly unlikely that a brand new group representing activist interests will gain anywhere near the power or influence of the existing one.
The Labour party was subject to activist capture by the pro-Corbyn Momentum group.
by 77ax March 29, 2021
mugGet the activist capture mug.

State capture

After the corrupt relationship the former President of South Africa,Jacob Zuma had with a family generally known as the Gupta brothers,any form of government collusion with anyone to squander State funds is now called State Capture
A State Capture commission was setup to see how much the state lost to the Gupta brothers
by Xovizwe Mgubhela November 12, 2022
mugGet the State capture mug.

Carbon Capture

A government that has been captured by the fossil fuels industry for example the UK
Tarquin - I hear the UK government is going to use carbon capture, so your shares in those North sea oil companies are going to go through the roof.
Rollo - Yes, it's going to be sick - are you going to stay in the place in Switzerland when floods start ?
by fnard March 30, 2023
mugGet the Carbon Capture mug.

Audience Capture

Can't be captured by an audience you have no interaction with.
Hym "There are more important things than audience capture and social media and I will murder those things if my case is not heard."
by Hym Iam February 2, 2024
mugGet the Audience Capture mug.

Simp Capture

The psychological or practical state of expectation to be successful in convincing another person (usually seen as somehow inferior or exploitable) to have a task completed for you, usually by means of charm, coercion, baiting, promising a particular desired reciprocation, or to be able to exercise a particular privilege. It is rarely acknowledged and usually expected to not be seen as morally or ethically inappropriate or unacceptable, and may or may not cause one psychological distress depending on a real or expected outcome of success, the person’s own moral or ethical awareness, social normalization of the action of simp capture, or real or perceived perception of personal ineffectiveness in doing the desired action themselves.
Dude knows the ladies fall all over him and he expects to treat them however he wants or to get whatever he wants from them. He’s simp captured and doesn’t even know it!
by Jamesy801 June 19, 2024
mugGet the Simp Capture mug.

shit-capture

When a large enough crowd of lower quality people enter a space and start shitting it up until all the talented and / or experienced people leave from the stink, thus creating an unearned monopoly on the space for themselves. Proven a highly successful strategy to take over and destroy what remained of the West's modern intellectual, technological, and social landscapes.
I used to work in the AAA games industry until millennials came of age and shit-captured it. Now it's just midwits and diversity hires producing buggy, soulless, politically-correct shovelware.
by sddenayrb March 22, 2025
mugGet the shit-capture mug.

rapture my capture

rapture my capture means pop my pinkie toe😉
wyatt totally raptured my capture last night// I want justin to rapture my capture again
by Poundkey March 1, 2019
mugGet the rapture my capture mug.

Share this definition

Sign in to vote

We'll email you a link to sign in instantly.

Or

Check your email

We sent a link to

Open your email