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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
Adam Harrington, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Daniel Boenke, 70, of Gainsville, Georgia, was extradited by detectives with the Connecticut State Police Western District Major Crime Squad last Wednesday and arrested on a warrant charging him with one count of first-degree larceny, according to state police.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2026
Legal experts scoffed at the claim, and Reinert said any suspect who gets charged with a crime in Minnesota would normally be extradited to face the allegations there.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
He was released two months later and extradited to Russia, where prosecutors launched a criminal probe against him on abuse of office charges.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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extradite
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extradite
transitive verb
