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extradition
[ ek-struh-dish-uhn ]
noun
- the procedure by which a state or nation, upon receipt of a formal request by another state or nation, turns over to that second jurisdiction an individual charged with or convicted of a crime in that jurisdiction.
extradition
/ ˌɛٰəˈɪʃə /
noun
- the surrender of an alleged offender or fugitive to the state in whose territory the alleged offence was committed
extradition
- The legal process by which one government may obtain custody of individuals from another government in order to put them on trial or imprison them.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ԴDze·ٰ·徱tDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of extradition1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of extradition1
Example Sentences
He did not serve the entirety of his 20-year sentence because periods of detention in the UK while awaiting extradition were taken into account.
He had been on Interpol's Red Notice list, a worldwide request for police to arrest an individual, pending extradition.
“I don’t want to sound like it’s mission impossible, but that’s what they’re looking at,” said David Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor who has worked multiple extradition cases in the Southern District of Florida.
He then sought to evade extradition by seeking asylum in Spain, but that effort was unsuccessful, the paper reported.
He planned to park a massive barge near the seagrass patch far from the reach of extradition and police.
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