extradition

noun [U]

/ˌek·strəˈdɪʃ·ən/

Definition

› the return of someone accused of a crime to the country where the crime was committed: They have applied for his extradition to the United States. extradite

/ˈek·strəˌdɑɪt/ verb [T] › One of the defendants fled to Egypt, which extradited him to the US.

(Definition of extradition noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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