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EXTRADITE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they extradite ... he / she / it extradites
Past simple: extradited
Past participle: extradited
-ing form: extraditing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hand over to the authorities of another country
Example:
They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "extradite" is one way to...):
expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "extradite"):
repatriate (send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
extradition (the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty))
