extraditable

[ek-struh-dahy-tuh-buhl, ek-struh-dahy-]

adjective

1. capable of being extradited; subject to extradition.

   an extraditable person.

2. capable of incurring extradition.

   an extraditable offense.

Other Word Forms

• nonextraditable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of extraditable¹

First recorded in 1880–85; extradite + -able

Example Sentences

On Monday, Mr Calderon was told he was extraditable to the United Kingdom in a ruling by United States magistrate judge Peter Bray.

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Because his conduct would be punishable by more than a year in jail, both in the United States and the United Kingdom, it is considered an extraditable offence.

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It has asked a Jerusalem district court to declare Roemer "extraditable" to Mexico and also made a "request for his detention until a final decision on the extradition petition," it said in a statement.

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The inquiry was run a few hours before the meeting, and the nationwide, fully extraditable arrest warrant out of the Connecticut Superior Court showed up.

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Even if Moraes were to issue an arrest warrant, experts said an eventual extradition back to Brazil could take years, with no guarantee that U.S. courts would share the Brazilian judiciary's view that Bolsonaro's alleged crimes are extraditable.

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