DUBAI: Ivanka Trump has been subtly mocked by the Merriam-Webster dictionary for seeming not to know what the word “complicit” means.
“I don’t know what it means to be complicit,” she told CBS on Tuesday, adding: “If being complicit ... is wanting to be a force for good and to make a positive impact, then I’m complicit.”
CBS released excerpts of the interview Tuesday night. The full interview is set to air Wednesday on “CBS This Morning.”
Merriam-Webster, a dictionary founded in the mid-1800s, subtly trolled Trump by tweeting out a definition of the word.
“’Complicit’ is trending after Ivanka Trump told CBS ‘I don’t know what it means to be complicit,’” Merriam-Webster said on Twitter, adding a link to the definition of the word which means “helping to commit a crime or do wrong in some way.”
'Complicit' is trending after Ivanka Trump told CBS "I don’t know what it means to be complicit." https://t.co/qE6UcB8pUz
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) April 4, 2017
After taking on an official unpaid role in the administration, Ivanka Trump has come under increased scrutiny. So far, she has focused on policies relating to women and workforce development, but she has drawn criticism for avoiding public comment on her father’s travel ban, border wall, proposed budget cuts or rollback of environmental regulations.
That view was captured in a “Saturday Night Live” send-up that featured her in an advertisement for a perfume called “Complicit.”
(With the Associated Press)