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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
Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
He was extradited to Placer County on Thursday.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
Other members of the group have also been extradited to the US and face similar proceedings.
—Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
Over the past few years, several members of the Super Cartel that were living in Dubai, including Imperiale, have been deported or extradited to their home countries.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
