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extradite

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • ĕk′strə-dīt′
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland: /ˈɛk.stɹəˌdaɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈek.stɹəˌdɑet/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈek.stɹəˌdaɪt/
  • India: /ˈek.sʈɾaˌɖajʈ/
  • rhymes with -ɛkstɹədaɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 K S T R AH0 D AY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To remove a person from one state to another by legal process.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

hand over to the authorities of another country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deliver, deport

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: expel, throw out, kick out

Narrower terms: repatriate

History

Etymology

Back-formation from extradition.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: արտահանձնել (artahanjnel) — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Bulgarian: екстради́рам (ekstradíram) — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Catalan: extradir — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 引渡 (yǐndù) — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Dutch: uitleveren — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Dutch: uitzetten — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Esperanto: ekstradicii — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Faroese: útflýggja — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Finnish: luovuttaa — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • French: extrader — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Galician: extraditar — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • German: ausliefern — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Greek: απελαύνω (apelávno) — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Greek: εκδίδω (ekdído) — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Hindi: प्रत्यर्पित करना (pratyarpit karnā) — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Irish: eiseachaid — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Italian: estradare — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Japanese: 引き渡す (hikiwatasu) — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Polish: ekstradować — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Portuguese: extraditar — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Romanian: extrăda — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Russian: выдава́ть (vydavátʹ) — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Russian: вы́дать (výdatʹ) — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Russian: экстради́ровать (ekstradírovatʹ) — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Serbo-Croatian: изручити — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Serbo-Croatian: изручивати — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Serbo-Croatian: izrúčiti — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Serbo-Croatian: izručívati — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Slovene: izročiti — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Slovene: izročati — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Spanish: extraditar — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Swedish: utlämna — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Ukrainian: проводити екстрадицію (provodyty ekstradyciju) — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Ukrainian: провести екстрадицію (provesty ekstradyciju) — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
  • Vietnamese: dẫn độ — to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process
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