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5 dictionary results for: extradite
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ex·tra·dite       [ek-struh-dahyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -dit·ed, -dit·ing.
1.to give up (an alleged fugitive or criminal) to another state, nation, or authority.
2.to obtain the extradition of.

[Origin: 1860–65; back formation from extradition]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ex·tra·dite       (ěk'strə-dīt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   ex·tra·dit·ed, ex·tra·dit·ing, ex·tra·dites

v.   tr.
  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.

v.   intr.
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).


[Back-formation from extradition.]

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extradite

verb
hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there" 

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: ex·tra·dite
Pronunciation: 'ek-str&-"dIt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -dit·ed; -dit·ing
1 : to deliver up to extradition
2 : to obtain the extradition of —ex·tra·dit·abil·i·ty /"ek-str&-"dI-t&-'bi-l&-tE/ nounex·tra·dit·able /'ek-str&-"dI-t&-b&l/ adjective

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Extradite

Ex"tra*dite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extradited; p. pr. & vb. n. Extraditing.] To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive from justice. See Extradition.

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