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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.”
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Michael Loria, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
Mangione is now in the process of being extradited from where he was arrested in western Pennsylvania to Manhattan, where the assassination took place on the morning of Dec. 4.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Shooting suspect appears in court A day after a man was arrested in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, prosecutors in New York City sought to extradite the suspect on multiple charges as new details about his possible motive began to emerge.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
He was extradited and booked into the Travis County Jail about a month later in connection to Wolfe's killing, jail records show.
—Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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extradite
transitive verb
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