extradite
verb/ˈekstrədaɪt/
/ˈekstrədaɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they extradite | /ˈekstrədaɪt/ /ˈekstrədaɪt/ |
| he / she / it extradites | /ˈekstrədaɪts/ /ˈekstrədaɪts/ |
| past simple extradited | /ˈekstrədaɪtɪd/ /ˈekstrədaɪtɪd/ |
| past participle extradited | /ˈekstrədaɪtɪd/ /ˈekstrədaɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form extraditing | /ˈekstrədaɪtɪŋ/ /ˈekstrədaɪtɪŋ/ |
- extradite somebody (to…) (from…) to officially send back somebody who has been accused or found guilty of a crime to the country where the crime was committed
- The British government attempted to extradite the suspects from Belgium.
- The courts have refused to extradite the suspects from Spain.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryExtradite is used with these nouns as the object:- suspect
Word Originmid 19th cent.: back-formation from extradition.Want to learn more?
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