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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

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 Amendment
    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]