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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
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
Arrested in Boise, Allison was extradited to California, where Humber is also facing trial.
—James Bandler, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2025
After a high-ranking cartel member accused of a murder-for-hire scheme in a wealthy United States suburb was extradited to the U.S. in late February to stand trial, experts on cartel operations warn that ordinary Americans could be caught in the crossfire of Mexican cartel feuds.
—Peter D'abrosca, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
Clark, also a Canadian national, is in custody after being extradited from Mexico along with dozens of other drug traffickers last week, authorities said.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
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