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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
Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Seabrook was being held on $49,000 bail in Pennsylvania when he was extradited to Queens on Feb. 21 to face trial there.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
Both countries are highly unlikely to extradite them to the United States to face prosecution.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 6 Mar. 2025
His attorneys want to address any investigative statements by the FBI agent before her testimony, as well as the prosecutors’ assertion that the defendant could not be extradited from Israel.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
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