Dictionary.com announced Monday that "complicit" is the site's word of the year in a contentious 2017.
Site lexicographer Jane Solomon says numerous events, from politics to natural disasters, drove more people to look up "complicit" at particular times of the year.
Overall, she said, look-ups of the word increased nearly 300 percent over 2016.
The first of three major spikes for the word struck March 12.
Flake explained: "I have children and grandchildren to answer to, and so, Mr. President, I will not be complicit. »