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Extradite is defined as to send a person back to the country where he or she committed a crime.

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An example of extradite is to send a person who committed a crime in Spain back to Spain.

See extradite in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb extradited, extraditing

to turn over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of another country, state, etc. where the crime was allegedly committed
to obtain the extradition of

Origin: back-form. < extradition

See extradite in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb ex·tra·dit·ed, ex·tra·dit·ing, ex·tra·dites

verb, transitive

To give up or deliver (a fugitive, for example) to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority.
To obtain the extradition of. See Synonyms at banish.

verb, intransitive

To perform the act of extradition or engage in the process of extradition: “Rio or Uruguay or wherever it is that they do not extradite for murder” (Scott Turow).

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Origin: Back-formation from extradition

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