extradition
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French extradition; itself from Latin ex- + traditio.
Noun
extradition (countable and uncountable, plural extraditions)
- a formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government is handed over to another government for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.
Translations
a formal process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
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See also
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
extradition f (plural extraditions)
Further reading
- “extradition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.