take the fifth

take the Fifth. To assert one’s right against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment. • A common but loose variant of the phrase is plead the Fifth: invoking the right is not a plea. See RIGHT AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION N. [Cases: Witnesses 297. C.J.S. Witnesses § 522.]

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