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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
Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
The defendant has now been extradited to Queens to face the serious charges against him.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Alvarez Cabrera was captured earlier this month and extradited to South Florida this week.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
On Tuesday, a court ruled that Hayut would be held in jail for three months or until Germany extradites him.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
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