N-SING [theN]美国宪法第五条修正案; 公民可以依此条款拒绝回答提问,以免陷入有罪指控的困境In American law, if someone takes theFifth Amendment, they refuse to answer a question because they think it might show that they are guilty of a crime. You can also say that someone invokes, pleads, or claims the Fifth Amendment. 美国宪法第五条修正案; 公民可以依此条款拒绝回答提问,以免陷入有罪指控的困境
Enron Chairman and CEO Kenneth Lay took the Fifth Amendment during his congressional testimony.