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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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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2025
Regardless of the posts online, NBC KPRC has reported that the police are looking into extraditing him to the United States to face charges.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing the UnitedHealthcare CEO was hit with new charges the same day he was extradited to Manhattan.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Dec. 2024
He was extradited and booked into the Travis County Jail about a month later, jail records show.
—Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
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