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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
Matt Novak / Gizmodo, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office extradited Anderson from Snohomish County in Washington to Arizona on Thursday.
—Kayla Jackson, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2024
He was extradited to San Diego earlier this year and remains in custody.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
Beverly McCallum, 63, who was extradited from Italy under suspicion of suffocating and bludgeoning her 37-year-old husband to death in 2002 in Charlotte, Mich., was convicted of second-degree murder, reports state.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Apr. 2024
If this happens, there is a chance Assange will not be extradited.
—Dell Cameron Matt Burgess, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
Cernea, if extradited from Brazil and convicted on the sole conspiracy charges, also faces up to five my years in prison.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
Unless the men post their bonds, they’ll be extradited to Ada County to appear before a judge.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 22 Mar. 2024
In early 2020, Vallow was arrested and extradited to Idaho for nonsupport and desertion of her children, while Daybell was not arrested until that summer, when investigators found JJ and Tylee in shallow graves at his ranch house.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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extradite
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extradite
transitive verb
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