How to Use extradite in a Sentence

extradite

verb
  • The prisoner was extradited across state lines.
  • He will be extradited from the U.S. to Canada to face criminal charges there.
  • Mark Sokolovsky, 26, is in custody in the Netherlands as the U.S. tries to extradite him.
    Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Oct. 2022
  • El Chapo has since been extradited to the U.S., sentenced to life in prison, and ordered to pay $12.6 billion.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Police were not able to confirm if the pair had been extradited to New York as of Friday.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The Venice court of appeals will now have to rule on Guevara’s case before he can be extradited.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The attorney also said that his client is prepared to fight any effort to extradite him to the United States.
    Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Hackett was the first and last enslaved person to be extradited from Canada back to the United States.
    Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 17 June 2023
  • She was arrested on the U.S. charges and was extradited from the United Kingdom.
    Michael James, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
  • Sam’s lawyers had a guy on the inside and outside advising on when he might be extradited from the Bahamas.
    Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Bail was denied, and eight days later he was extradited to the United States.
    Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
  • She is expected to be extradited to Leon County by the end of the month, according to the newspaper.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • He was then extradited back to Baltimore and charged with first-degree murder in Carter’s killing.
    Emma Tucker, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
  • He has not yet been extradited, according to the outlet.
    Makiya Seminera, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Wright said after the defendants go through the court system there, they will be extradited to Virginia to face the charges in Fairfax County.
    Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • After spending a few days in a Bahamian jail, he was extradited to the United States.
    Tracy Wang, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The judge said Barreiro was the type of person who should be arrested and extradited to the U.S., both for her own punishment and as a warning to others involved in the drug trade.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
  • France does not extradite its own citizens, and both Switzerland and Poland have refused U.S. calls to send the director back for trial.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Ricke is charged with first-degree murder in Kossuth County, Iowa, and will be extradited there at a later date.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Saab was extradited to the U.S. the next year to face criminal prosecution.
    Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Peru agreed to temporarily extradite van der Sloot to the U.S. to face proceedings on the extortion charge.
    CBS News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Aguirre, who was extradited to Harris County, Tex., has been charged with murder.
    Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Fairfax police said Sayed will be extradited to the county.
    Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Meanwhile, authorities in South Korea and the U.S. are looking to extradite him.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 11 May 2023
  • Now, the prime suspect in her disappearance soon could be extradited to the United States to face justice in a related case.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 12 May 2023
  • Prosecutors in Mexico are seeking to extradite one of Robinson’s friends as a suspect in the case.
    Nicole Chavez, CNN, 30 Nov. 2022
  • He was extradited early last year by the Castro government and is awaiting trial in New York.
    Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Clark was extradited to the US from Thailand almost five years ago and, before that, had served almost three years in detention in Thailand.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 11 July 2023
  • Brazil does not extradite its own citizens when they are sentenced in other countries.
    Joseph Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Six months later, Xu was extradited to the United States to face charges of economic espionage.
    Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023

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