Recession
This is a period of economic slow down due to economic decline. during a great recession, the masses faces hardship as gdp, income, and macro economic indicators falls miserably.
'I plead the fifth' is a term used for citing the right to decline a question if their own answers might incriminate or enmesh themselves into a bad situation. This is generally used to be free of any penalties rather than taking the risks of answering a question you might not want to expose. Someone might say this statement if they do not want to reply to a question that will make them come off as bad or petty.
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