Extradite Definition
ĕkstrə-dīt
extradited, extraditing
verb
extradited, extraditing
To give up or deliver (a fugitive, for example) to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority.
American Heritage
To turn over as according to procedures established in an existing treaty (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the country having jursidiction over that crime.
Webster's New World
To obtain the extradition of.
Webster's New World
To transfer through legal process a captured fugitive to the jurisdiction where he or she is sought.
Webster's New World Law
To remove a person from one state to another by legal process.
Wiktionary
Origin of Extradite
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Back-formation from extradition. (Source: SOED 1983.)
From Wiktionary
Back-formation from extradition
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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