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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
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Webber, who was extradited from Virginia and is charged with first- and second-degree murder, hasn't entered a plea yet and is due in court for a May 6 preliminary hearing.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Webber was arrested in Charlottesville, Virginia, and extradited to a detention center in Charles County, Maryland.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Webber, who was extradited from Virginia and is charged with first- and second-degree murder, hasn’t entered a plea yet and is due in court for a May 6 preliminary hearing.
—Brian Witte, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
