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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
New York Times, 22 July 2025
She was taken into custody by the Denver Police Department on July 2, and Union City detectives are working to extradite her to California for court proceedings.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 9 July 2025
The Italian police have requested that Kaufmann be extradited back to Italy from Greece for further questioning on the murders, in a process that is expected to take at least two months.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 3 July 2025
Kaufmann, who maintains his innocence in the double murder, is expected to soon be extradited to Italy to face trial.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 July 2025
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
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