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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
Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 18 May 2026
Carty, a Jamaican citizen, was indicted in November 2024 and arrested in Jamaica in August 2025 before being extradited to the United States.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Last November, Brown was extradited from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Miami in connection with the May 16, 2025, shooting.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
He was subsequently extradited from Panama to the United States and handed over to Wayne County officials.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
