گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'take the Fifth'

1 general:: Refuse to answer on the grounds that one may incriminate oneself, as in He took the Fifth on so many of the prosecutor's questions that we're sure he's guilty. This idiom refers to the Fifth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, which states that no person shall be compelled to be a witness against himself or herself. [Mid-1900s]