Extradite and its related noun extradition are both ultimately Latin in origin: their source is tradition-, tradition, meaning “the act of handing over.” (The word tradition, though centuries older, has the same source; consider tradition as something handed over from one generation to the next.) While extradition and extradite are of 19th century vintage, the U.S. Constitution, written in 1787, addresses the idea in Article IV: “A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.”
Example Sentences
He will be extradited from the U.S. to Canada to face criminal charges there. The prisoner was extradited across state lines.
Recent Examples on the WebMultiple attempts to extradite Polanski from European countries subsequently failed. Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022 After fleeing Japan, Mr. Ghosn is living as an international fugitive in Lebanon, which doesn’t extradite its citizens. Nick Kostov, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2022 Numerous efforts by previous D.A.’s to extradite him have failed, as have Polanski’s efforts to resolve the case without first returning to the U.S. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 July 2022 Ghosn holds French, Brazilian and Lebanese citizenship, and Lebanon does not extradite its citizens to other countries.Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022 Porter said local authorities are making arrangements to extradite Marlow. Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Aug. 2022 The sequel, The Roundup, was directed by Lee Sang-yong and took the action to Vietnam, where Don Lee’s detective decamps to extradite a suspect but instead gets entangled in the pursuit of a serial kidnapper and murderer. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2022 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sweden promised to extradite 73 people to Turkey as a result of the memorandum that was signed at the NATO summit in Madrid between Sweden, Finland and Turkey. Hadas Gold, CNN, 1 July 2022 And almost immediately, there appeared to be disagreements over the deal, including whether Finland and Sweden would extradite members of the PKK or Gulen movement to Turkey. Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 30 June 2022 See More