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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
Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
Alfredo Hernandez, who had been extradited from El Salvador to the United States on a 1991 murder charge, died on Nov. 15 due to medical complications caused by sepsis, sheriff’s Lt. Juan Marquez said Thursday.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
After a three year search, authorities found Cleary in Metz, France in April 2024 and moved to extradite him to Pennsylvania, the AP reported, citing the U.S. Marshals Service.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 18 July 2025
He was later extradited to Idaho, per the New York Times.
—EW.com, 12 July 2025
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
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