extradite. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

extradite

SYLLABICATION:	ex·tra·dite
PRONUNCIATION:	kstr-dt
VERB:	Inflected forms: ex·tra·dit·ed, ex·tra·dit·ing, ex·tra·dites
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To give up or deliver (a fugitive, for example) to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority. 2. To obtain the extradition of. See synonyms at banish.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To perform the act of extradition or engage in the process of extradition: “Rio or Uruguay or wherever it is that they do not extradite for murder” (Scott Turow).
ETYMOLOGY:	Back-formation from extradition.


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