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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
Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Maduro was extradited to New York to face trial on drug charges alongside his wife.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 6 Mar. 2026
Heard, another Atlanta native, was extradited to Volusia County in August 2025 for scamming a Volusia resident out of thousands of dollars, authorities said.
—Christopher Harris, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
The suspect is expected to be extradited to Utah afterward, Roden said.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
