extraditable

[ ek-struh-dahy-tuh-buh l, ek-struh-dahy- ]

/ ˈɛk strəˌdaɪ tə bəl, ˌɛk strəˈdaɪ- /

adjective

capable of being extradited; subject to extradition: an extraditable person.

capable of incurring extradition: an extraditable offense.

Nearby words

extractive metallurgy, extractor, extractor fan, extracurricular, extracystic, extraditable, extradite, extradition, extrados, extradosed, extradural

Origin of extraditable

First recorded in 1880–85; extradite + -able

Related formsnon·ex·tra·dit·a·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for extraditable

Steps have been taken by the State Department looking to the making of bribery an extraditable offense with foreign powers.
State of the Union Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore Roosevelt
There is no reason why bribery should not be included in all treaties as extraditable.
State of the Union Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore Roosevelt
His offence is extraditable by a law of the last century which has never been repealed.
The Double Four|E. Phillips Oppenheim
His offense is extraditable by a law of the last century which has never been repealed.
Peter Ruff and the Double Four|E. Phillips Oppenheim

To constitute an extraditable crime there must have been abandonment of a child in esse not merely in posse.
Broken Homes|Joanna C. Colcord

British Dictionary definitions for extraditable

extraditable

/ (ˈɛkstrəˌdaɪtəbəl) /

adjective

(of a crime) rendering the offender liable to extraditionan extraditable offence

(of a person) subject to extradition

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