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 country

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTRADITE (verb)

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

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))