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Extradite and its related noun extradition are both ultimately Latin in origin: their source is tradition-, tradition, meaning “the act of handing over.” (The word tradition, though centuries older, has the same source; consider tradition as something handed over from one generation to the next.) While extradition and extradite are of 19th century vintage, the U.S. Constitution, written in 1787, addresses the idea in Article IV: “A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.”
Examples of extradite in a Sentence
Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Gupta was arrested in the Czech Republic in late June and extradited to the U.S.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
The Philippine Department of Justice said Monday that Quiboloy would first have to face trial and serve any resulting sentence in the Philippines before he is extradited anywhere.
—Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2024
On October 23, 2024, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Marshals Service extradited Lorenzano-Nunez from Mexico to Phoenix, where he was taken into custody by Phoenix police.
—Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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extradite
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extradite
transitive verb
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