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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
Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
He was extradited from France to the United States in 2022.
—Jennifer Hansler, Anna Chernova and Sean Lyngaas, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
He was arrested in Mexico in August 2023 before being extradited back to Denver in December 2023.
—Graeme Taskerud, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025
Gideon Castro will be extradited back to Honolulu, Thoemmes said.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
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