verb
extradite
EHK-struh-dyt
verb
1
To hand over a person accused or convicted of a crime to another country or jurisdiction for trial or punishment.
"The government agreed to extradite the fugitive back to Spain."
How to Use Extradite
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo send a wanted criminal to another country to face justice there.
Common pairings
extradite a suspect
refuse to extradite
extradited to face trial
Word Forms
extradited past tense, extradites singular
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Etymology
A back-formation from "extradition" — the verb was created afterward from the existing noun.