Definition of Take the Fifth Amendment

1. Verb. Refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself.

Exact synonyms: Take The Fifth
Generic synonyms: Declare

Lexicographical Neighbors of Take The Fifth Amendment

take sitting down
take somebody's word for it
take someone's head off
take someone's point
take something as read
take something in one's stride
take something in stride
take something to the grave
take stage
take steps
take stock
take ten
take that
take the Fifth
take the Fifth Amendment (current term)
take the Michael
take the air
take the biscuit
take the bull by the horns
take the cake
take the con
take the count
take the cross
take the cure
take the fall
take the field
take the fifth
take the floor
take the game to

Literary usage of Take the Fifth Amendment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Inside a Terrorist Group: The Red Brigades of Italy (1987)
"... and that he had stated that he did not want to "take the Fifth Amendment." In fact, it was he who requested to be interrogated by the judge. ..."

2. Inside a Terrorist Group: The Red Brigades of Italy (1987)
"... and that he had stated that he did not want to "take the Fifth Amendment." In fact, it was he who requested to be interrogated by the judge. ..."

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