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extradite(dictionary)

extradite (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: extradition (19-21 centuries), from French, from Latin traditio 'handing over'; TRADITION]
to use a legal process to send someone who may be guilty of a crime back to the country where the crime happened in order to judge them in a court of law
extradite sb to/from Britain/the US etc
::They are expected to be extradited to Britain to face trial.
-- extradition /7ekstrE5dIFEn/ n [U and C]
::an extradition order