Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To give up or deliver (a fugitive, for example) to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority.
- transitive verb To obtain the extradition of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deliver or give up, as to another nation: as, to
extradite a criminal. - To project in perception by a psychological process (a sensation) to a distance from the body.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive from justice. See
extradition .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
remove a person from one state to another by legal process.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb hand over to the authorities of another country
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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He called on Police Commissioner Fivas to "extradite" all white business people involved in corruption in the former Transkei, back there.
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An army would have been despatched to "extradite" him.
Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Mayne Reid 1850
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Refusing to extradite someone who has previously been acquitted is not the same as refusing to try them.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Exonerated” Former Death Row Inmate Reconvicted 2010
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More interactive graphics and photos Sweden is attempting to extradite Mr. Assange from the U.K. to question him over allegations that he raped one woman and molested another during a visit to Stockholm in August.
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To go back to the kidnapping in France to murder in Germany hypo, it seems like Germany would not extradite, but if the guy were stupid enough to go to France, he could be prosecuted.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Exonerated” Former Death Row Inmate Reconvicted 2010
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To go back to the kidnapping in France to murder in Germany hypo, it seems like Germany would not extradite, but if the guy were stupid enough to go to France, he could be prosecuted.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Exonerated” Former Death Row Inmate Reconvicted 2010
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Switzerland is also a signatory to the Convention Against Torture – and, as a party to CAT, has undertaken that it will prosecute or extradite for prosecution anyone present in its territory who it has a reasonable basis for believing has committed torture.
George Bush: no escaping torture charges | Katherine Gallagher 2011
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(Only when the Rome Statute is ratified does a state become bound to extradite war criminals to the ICC, etc.)
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A Dubai court approved the U.K. request to extradite him, a decision Mr. Ibori appealed unsuccessfully, according to media reports.
U.K. and Nigeria Seek Former Politician Cassell Bryan-Low 2011
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Refusing to extradite someone who has previously been acquitted is not the same as refusing to try them.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Exonerated” Former Death Row Inmate Reconvicted 2010
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