extraordinary rendition

noun

1. secret or forcible rendition of a suspected criminal to another country, often a country known to violate human rights and due process of law:

   the CIA’s extraordinary rendition of terrorist suspects;

   The legality and morality of extraordinary rendition have been a matter of intense debate.

extraordinary rendition

noun

1. the process by which a country seizes a person assumed to be involved in terrorist activity and then transports him or her for interrogation to a country where due process of law is unlikely to be respected

Word History and Origins

Origin of extraordinary rendition¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Think of it as the U.S. prison version of extraordinary rendition.

From The Daily Beast

Lady was the only CIA agent convicted in the extraordinary rendition abduction on the Interpol wanted list.

From The Daily Beast