verb
- present participle of extradite: surrendering a person accused or convicted of a crime to another jurisdiction where the crime was committed
Usage: legal term
Examples
- The country is extraditing the suspect to face trial in the United States.
- Officials are currently extraditing three fugitives to neighboring states.
- The process of extraditing criminals can take months or even years.
- They are extraditing him under the terms of the international treaty.
- The government announced it was extraditing the former dictator.
- Lawyers argued against extraditing their client to face charges abroad.