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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
Saleen Martin, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
He was extradited back to Connecticut, arraigned on murder charges Thursday and ordered held without bail.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
The handyman has since been extradited to Washington for further prosecution.
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—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
As of Wednesday morning, he had not yet been extradited from Washington where he is being held without bail.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
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