"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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "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": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "both senses",
          "word": "plead the Fifth"
        }
      ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Five",
          "orig": "en:Five",
          "parents": [
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            "All topics",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of plead the Fifth (both senses)"
      ],
      "id": "en-plead_the_fifth-en-verb-lW4paxqU",
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        [
          "plead the Fifth",
          "plead the Fifth#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "take the fifth"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "plead the fifth"
}

{
  "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",
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          "word": "plead the Fifth"
        }
      ],
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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        "English verbs",
        "en:Five",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of plead the Fifth (both senses)"
      ],
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        [
          "plead the Fifth",
          "plead the Fifth#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "take the fifth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plead the fifth"
}