"plead the Fifth" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pleads the Fifth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleading the Fifth",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pled the Fifth",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleaded the Fifth",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pled the Fifth",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "plead<pleads,pleading,pled> the Fifth",
        "past2": "pleaded the Fifth"
      },
      "expansion": "plead the Fifth (third-person singular simple present pleads the Fifth, present participle pleading the Fifth, simple past pled the Fifth or pleaded the Fifth, past participle pled the Fifth)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To invoke the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects witnesses from being forced to incriminate themselves."
      ],
      "id": "en-plead_the_Fifth-en-verb-rdUs~ttL",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "Fifth Amendment",
          "Fifth Amendment"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States"
        ],
        [
          "Constitution",
          "constitution"
        ],
        [
          "incriminate",
          "incriminate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law, US) To invoke the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects witnesses from being forced to incriminate themselves."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "word": "take the fifth"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To refuse to answer a question, or refuse to speak, especially when the response would reflect badly on the speaker."
      ],
      "id": "en-plead_the_Fifth-en-verb-aiahJbBN",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, humorous) To refuse to answer a question, or refuse to speak, especially when the response would reflect badly on the speaker."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "plead the Fifth"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pleads the Fifth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleading the Fifth",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pled the Fifth",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleaded the Fifth",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pled the Fifth",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "plead<pleads,pleading,pled> the Fifth",
        "past2": "pleaded the Fifth"
      },
      "expansion": "plead the Fifth (third-person singular simple present pleads the Fifth, present participle pleading the Fifth, simple past pled the Fifth or pleaded the Fifth, past participle pled the Fifth)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To invoke the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects witnesses from being forced to incriminate themselves."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "Fifth Amendment",
          "Fifth Amendment"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States"
        ],
        [
          "Constitution",
          "constitution"
        ],
        [
          "incriminate",
          "incriminate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law, US) To invoke the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects witnesses from being forced to incriminate themselves."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English humorous terms",
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To refuse to answer a question, or refuse to speak, especially when the response would reflect badly on the speaker."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, humorous) To refuse to answer a question, or refuse to speak, especially when the response would reflect badly on the speaker."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "take the fifth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plead the Fifth"
}