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

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

A subject of the U.S. government's extraordinary rendition program, al-Baluchi was captured in Pakistan in 2003 and then transferred to secret CIA prison known both as Cobalt and the Salt Pit north of Kabul, Afghanistan.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2022

Beauty is reserved here for the sounds emanating from Pimentel’s captivating Maria and the extraordinary rendition of “Maria” that Powell performs.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 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

UK citizens' data has effectively been subjected to a form of extraordinary rendition.

From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2013