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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
Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Multnomah County prosecutors worked with local and international law enforcement and were eventually able to extradite Ocampo-Reza back to Oregon, officials said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The pair then will be extradited to Michigan, where federal prosecutors in Detroit will pursue the case.
—Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2025
It is expected to take several months to extradite Cabrera to the United States, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
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