Fifth Amendment, the

the Fifth AmendmentˌFifth Aˈmendment, the

1. a part of the Constitution of the United States which states that you do not have to give information in a court of law which could be used against you, and that you cannot be put in prison or have your property taken away without a proper legal trial

2 plead/take the Fifth (Amendment) to refuse to give information against yourself in a court of law. People in the US sometimes use this expression humorously when they do not want to answer a question

‘I plead the Fifth’, Jack said, when his wife wanted to know where he had been.

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