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ex⋅tra⋅dite

  [ek-struh-dahyt]
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–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
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ex·tra·dite   (ěk'strə-dīt')   
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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