EXTRADITION Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

extradition

noun

Definition of extradition

as in deportation

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Recent Examples of extradition Felix is currently being held at an El Paso jail and is awaiting extradition back to New Mexico. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026 He is being housed at a juvenile detention center pending extradition to Philadelphia. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 Shaw, who was arrested on Tuesday by the Boise Police Department while in the city, is in the Ada County Jail awaiting extradition to Payette County, where she will be arraigned on two counts of first-degree murder. — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026 The notice is a request to police forces around the world to arrest a suspect, pending extradition. — Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for extradition

Recent Examples of Synonyms for extradition

Noun

Zuniga-Salgado is also accused of being in the country illegally, resulting in Immigration and Customs Enforcement asking that he be detained for deportation, the sheriff’s office says.

— Mark Price July 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026
According to the Department of Homeland Security, agents were monitoring a location linked to a deportation order when someone drove away, leading to the shooting.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 July 2026

Definition of deportation

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National research links suspension and expulsion to lower academic achievement, a higher risk of contact with the criminal justice system, isolation, poor health and lower wages, the report said.

— Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 13 July 2026
Refusal to participate or pass these exams routinely results in expulsion, arrest, or the institution’s closure.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

Definition of expulsion

Noun

Officials caution that not everyone reported missing is necessarily trapped beneath the rubble because communications failures, mass displacement and transportation disruptions have complicated efforts to reunite families.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
But any displacement by immigrants is limited and often dwarfed, as Card's research found, by job increases from new or expanding businesses that immigrants generate.

— Robert Hormats, Time, 4 July 2026