extradite
/'ekstrədait/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To officially send (a person accused or convicted of a crime) from one country, state, or jurisdiction to another where they are wanted for trial or punishment. The process is typically governed by treaties between nations.
Usage
- The verb "extradite" is used in legal and governmental contexts. It is a transitive verb, requiring a direct object (the person being sent) and is often followed by a prepositional phrase beginning with "to" indicating the destination.
- Common Sentence Patterns:
[Country/Authority A] extradites [a fugitive] to [Country/Authority B].[A person] is extradited from [Country A] to [Country B].
Examples
- Active Voice:
- The government agreed to extradite the suspect to face murder charges.
- The judge ruled that the country must extradite the financier for fraud.
- Passive Voice:
- The hacker was extradited from the UK to the United States.
- He cannot be extradited because the alleged crime is not recognized in this country.
Advanced Usage
- "to be subject to extradition": To be liable to be extradited under a treaty or law.
- The treaty states that political offenders are not subject to extradition.
- "to fight/contest extradition": To legally challenge the process of being sent to another jurisdiction.
- The defendant's lawyers vowed to fight his extradition.
Variants and Related Words
- Extradition (n): The official process of extraditing a person.
- The court approved his extradition.
- Extraditable (adj): (Of a crime or person) making someone liable to extradition.
- Murder is an extraditable offense under the treaty.
Synonyms
- Deport: To expel a person from a country. (Note: "Deport" usually refers to sending away an unwanted foreign national, often for immigration violations, while "extradite" is specifically for criminal justice purposes between authorities.)
- Hand over: To give someone to another authority. (This is a more general term.)
Related Phrases
- Extradition treaty: A formal agreement between two or more countries outlining the conditions for extradition.
- The two nations signed a new extradition treaty.
- Extradition request: A formal appeal by one country to another for the surrender of a fugitive.
- The extradition request was denied on humanitarian grounds.
Verb
- hand over to the authorities of another country
- They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there