extradite

[ek-struh-dahyt]

verb (used with object)

extradited, extraditing 

1. to give up (an alleged fugitive or criminal) to another state or nation at its request.

2. to obtain the extradition of.

extradite

/ ˈɛkstrəˌdaɪt /

verb

1. to surrender (an alleged offender) for trial to a foreign state

2. to procure the extradition of

Other Word Forms

• unextradited adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of extradite¹

First recorded in 1860–65; back formation from extradition

Word History and Origins

Origin of extradite¹

C19: back formation from _extradition

Example Sentences

She was arrested in South Korea - where she was born - in September 2022, and extradited back to New Zealand later that year.

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Lee, who had long since changed her name and fled the country for South Korea, was extradited to face trial in New Zealand.

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The fallout from all this has created a diplomatic bind: Dhaka wants Hasina extradited, but Delhi has shown no inclination to comply - making her death sentence effectively unenforceable.

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Italy's top appeals court has ruled that a Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany should be extradited to Berlin.

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In 2024, arrest warrants were issued for the brothers, who have denied wrongdoing, but authorities said they would not be extradited to the United Kingdom until criminal proceedings in Romania were completed.

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Related Words

• abandon 
• apprehend 
• arrest 
• surrender