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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
Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Carvajal has a history of shifting allegiances, having broken with Maduro in 2019 before being arrested in Spain and later extradited to the United States.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
Authorities are seeking to have Stokes extradited to Chicago to face charges, according to the complaint, which has since been resealed.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government made the decision after an Italian court ruled this month that Xu Zewei could be extradited, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
—Donato Paolo Mancini, Bloomberg, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
