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EXTRADITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does extradite mean? 

EXTRADITE (verb)
  The verb EXTRADITE has 1 sense:

1. hand over to the authorities of another countryplay

  Familiarity information: EXTRADITE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXTRADITE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they extradite  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it extradites  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: extradited  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: extradited  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: extraditing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hand over to the authorities of another country

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

deliver; deport; extradite

Context example:

They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there

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))


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