Meaning & use
extradite
To hand over a person accused or convicted of a crime to the authority of another country or jurisdiction where the offense occurred.
See it in a sentence
The government agreed to extradite the suspect to face trial in the country where the crime occurred.
Lawyers argued for months over whether the fugitive could legally be extradited.
A note on using this word
Extradite involves formal legal proceedings between jurisdictions and differs from deport, which simply removes someone from a country regardless of charges.
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