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Recent Examples of extradition
Philogene and Ross remain in custody in Georgia awaiting extradition.
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Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2026
Wilmington Police Department said the suspect’s extradition and charges were pending.
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Danny E Freeman,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
Tjongarero-Henderson and Raebel are being held at the Ottawa County Detention Center awaiting extradition to Maryland, authorities said.
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Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
Pierce, 58, waived his right to an extradition hearing, and was transferred back to West Virginia on Thursday, June 4.
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Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for extradition
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2026
Wilmington Police Department said the suspect’s extradition and charges were pending.
—
Danny E Freeman,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
Tjongarero-Henderson and Raebel are being held at the Ottawa County Detention Center awaiting extradition to Maryland, authorities said.
—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
Pierce, 58, waived his right to an extradition hearing, and was transferred back to West Virginia on Thursday, June 4.
—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for extradition
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extradition
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But the court also said the people facing deportation must pursue their cases individually where they are being held, under what are called habeas petitions, rather than collectively, under what is called a class action.
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Nearly half of all respondents in deportation proceedings filed in California courts do not have legal representation, according to TRAC data.
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Accra’s 1969 migrant expulsion and Uganda’s mass ban three years later both triggered capital flight and supply chain chaos.
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The poems explore themes of loss, identity, artmaking and the natural world, as well as the 1885 expulsion of Chinese immigrants from Eureka, California.
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Yale, a key champion of the quantum effort and an economic anchor in New Haven, has often found itself at the center of local discussions around displacement, gentrification and inequity.
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An image may resonate with deeper meanings (that’s what great directors can bring about), but the compression and displacement that make the simile devastating on the page have no cinematic equivalent.
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“Extradition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extradition. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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