extraditable

adjective ex·tra·dit·able \ ˈek-strə-ˌdī-tə-bəl \

Updated on: 12 Apr 2018

Definition of extraditable

1 : subject or liable to extradition

2 : making one liable to extradition

an extraditable offense

Recent Examples of extraditable from the Web

Prescott Valley police detectives confirmed Cagley was wanted under a felony extraditable warrant, and he was arrested without incident Tuesday and booked into the Yavapai County Jail, the police statement said.

— derek hall, azcentral, "Iowa prison escapee on lam for 37 years arrested in Arizona; wife says it's all a mistake," 30 Mar. 2018
But now Perez’s lucrative legal career may be threatened after he was thrown out of La Picota in mid-January when a prison director berated him and another American lawyer for trying to visit extraditable inmates without proper permission.

— jay weaver and kyra gurney, miamiherald, "‘Devil’s lawyer’ represents Colombia’s top narcos. Now he’s banned from entering the country," 9 Feb. 2018
Three decades later, her husband, Kevin Jokumsen, was indicted in Arizona on a second-degree-murder charge and an extraditable warrant was issued for his arrest.

— sara jean green, The Seattle Times, "Husband arrested 30 years after wife, from Enumclaw, vanished in Arizona," 14 Sep. 2017

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