extraordinary rendition

American  

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.

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extraordinary rendition British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of extraordinary rendition

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Even during wartime, things like kidnapping and extraordinary rendition violate U.S. law, the Geneva Conventions, and other international humanitarian treaties to which the U.S. is a signatory.

From Salon • May 6, 2025

Kingsley Kanu's lawyers argued that the Foreign Office should reach a conclusive view on whether his brother was the victim of extraordinary rendition in order to properly assess what steps to take to assist Kanu.

From Reuters • Mar. 23, 2023

When I turned the light on, my boudoir resembled a chamber of extraordinary rendition.

From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2020

Apart from the enhanced interrogation and extraordinary rendition aspects of what she did, does her experience, résumé, and comportment argue for her, or against her, to lead the CIA?

From Slate • May 9, 2018

The court concluded that Italian authorities “were aware that Abu Omar was a victim of the extraordinary rendition operation” involving his 2003 kidnapping on a Milan street.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2016