| 词汇 | taking the Fifth |
| 释义 | `1`taking the Fifth`2` "LAW.COM Dictionary": n. the refusal to testify on the ground that the testimony might tend to incriminate the witness in a crime, based on the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which provides that "No person却hall be compelled to be a witness against himself," applied to state courts by the 14th Amendment. The term became famous during televised Senate committee hearings on organized crime in 1951, when a series of crime bosses "took the Fifth." See also: self-incrimination |
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