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Extradition

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government or jurisdiction is handed over to another government or jurisdiction for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty) wordnet

Etymology

From French extradition, itself from Latin ex- + traditio.

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