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.

词汇	Fifth Amendment, the
释义	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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