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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.”
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Louisiana could sue New York if its requests to extradite the doctor are rebuffed, according to legal experts.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025
On Thursday, Prince Nesbitt-Hall, who was sitting in a New Jersey prison on unrelated charges, was extradited to Staten Island, where he was arraigned on a 39-count indictment, including murder and manslaughter, for the 2021 deaths of Kauser Akhund, 72, and her husband Shazad Akhund, 74.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
Jordan was recently extradited from the Cook County Jail, records show.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Extradite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extradite. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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extradite
verb
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extradite
transitive verb
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