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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
Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
Kwon was extradited to the U.S. from Montenegro to face fraud charges in January 2025.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 8 May 2025
Wright’s lawyers were arguing that some of the magistrate’s reasons he couldn’t be extradited still stand and were renewing their pleas for Japan’s application to be dismissed.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office detectives extradited her to Michigan on Wednesday, April 9.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
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