1. refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself; [syn: take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendment]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
take the Fifth
v 1: refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which
states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness
against himself or herself [syn: take the Fifth, take
the Fifth Amendment]