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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
Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Earlier this year, Louisiana (a state with a full ban) tried to extradite a California doctor with no luck.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
She was extradited to Connecticut last Friday, Morais said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2026
On November 7, 2005, Alberto Fujimori was arrested by Interpol in Chile after attempting to reenter Peruvian politics; he was later extradited to Peru, where he was tried and imprisoned.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
