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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
Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
The department worked with the Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Unit and the Marshal Service to find and extradite Diaz back to the Bay State.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
He was extradited to Miami, where he was tried, convicted and sentenced to prison.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Dykes was arrested last week at his home and extradited to Nassau County on Wednesday.
—Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
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