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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
Leia Mendoza, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Cobos-Martinez extradited to California Shortly after, officials extradited him back to California to face charges from the 2017 carjacking case.
—Cnn.com, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
He was subsequently extradited to Maryland and brought to Montgomery County to face charges in connection to Leslie's murder.
—Claire Lempert, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Everton Thomas is detained in New York and will be extradited to New Jersey, according to officials.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
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