英语词汇“to take the fifth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. to take the Fifth Amendment (U.S.): to appeal to Article V of the ten original amendments (1791) to the Constitution of the United States, which states that ‘no person..shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself’; hence, to decline to incriminate oneself. Usually elliptical, to take the Fifth.

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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > plead [verb (intransitive)] > plead guilty or not guilty > refuse to incriminate oneself

to take the Fifth1953

1953 Robesonian (Lumberton, N. Carolina) 19 Mar. 3/6 He said he would take the Fifth Amendment today.

1954 Proc. Amer. Soc. Internat. Law 48 153 Any treaty might seek to put an end to the power of a man to defend himself by ‘taking the Fifth Amendment’, as you call it, to protect himself against self-incrimination.

1955 U.S. News & World Rep. 22 July 36/2 In the armed services, let a man take the Fifth Amendment and his military career is virtually doomed.

1967 N.Y. Times 22 Jan. iv. 10/1 (heading) Law: taking the Fifth and making a living.

1972 J. G. Vermandel Last seen in Samarra xx. 133 ‘You can hardly have in mind to cast me as a villain because of that.’.. Alex nodded. ‘Right... If you want to take the Fifth, maybe Derek will settle it for us?’

1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Nov. 1413/2 To do what I did not want to do: take the Fifth Amendment.

1978 S. Brill Teamsters Pl. 4 (caption) The former gym teacher took the Fifth Amendment when asked about the millions of dollars in insurance he had sold to the Teamsters health and welfare funds.

2009 V. Laken Dream House xix. 222 ‘Do you dye your hair then? Wear those safety pins and shit’ Marcos said. ‘I'm gonna take the Fifth on that one.’

单词	to take the fifth
释义	> as lemmas to take the Fifth d. to take the Fifth Amendment (U.S.): to appeal to Article V of the ten original amendments (1791) to the Constitution of the United States, which states that ‘no person..shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself’; hence, to decline to incriminate oneself. Usually elliptical, to take the Fifth. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > plead [verb (intransitive)] > plead guilty or not guilty > refuse to incriminate oneself to take the Fifth1953 1953 Robesonian (Lumberton, N. Carolina) 19 Mar. 3/6 He said he would take the Fifth Amendment today. 1954 Proc. Amer. Soc. Internat. Law 48 153 Any treaty might seek to put an end to the power of a man to defend himself by ‘taking the Fifth Amendment’, as you call it, to protect himself against self-incrimination. 1955 U.S. News & World Rep. 22 July 36/2 In the armed services, let a man take the Fifth Amendment and his military career is virtually doomed. 1967 N.Y. Times 22 Jan. iv. 10/1 (heading) Law: taking the Fifth and making a living. 1972 J. G. Vermandel Last seen in Samarra xx. 133 ‘You can hardly have in mind to cast me as a villain because of that.’.. Alex nodded. ‘Right... If you want to take the Fifth, maybe Derek will settle it for us?’ 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Nov. 1413/2 To do what I did not want to do: take the Fifth Amendment. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters Pl. 4 (caption) The former gym teacher took the Fifth Amendment when asked about the millions of dollars in insurance he had sold to the Teamsters health and welfare funds. 2009 V. Laken Dream House xix. 222 ‘Do you dye your hair then? Wear those safety pins and shit’ Marcos said. ‘I'm gonna take the Fifth on that one.’ extracted from fifthadj.n. < as lemmas
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