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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
Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Police said he will be extradited to Sacramento County once his federal case in Texas concludes and will be booked into Sacramento County Main Jail on two counts of homicide, assault with a deadly weapon, and felon in possession of a firearm.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 19 Jan. 2026
He is set to be extradited to Ohio to face the charges.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
He is expected to be extradited to Columbus, but as of Friday he was still being held in the Winnebago County Jail in Rockford, police said.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
