Meanings
nounextradition (countable and uncountable, plural extraditions)
plural extraditions
- countableuncountableA formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government or jurisdiction is handed over to another government or jurisdiction for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Frenchextradition
- Englishextradition
From French extradition, itself from Latin ex- + traditio.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَسْلِيم
- تَسْلِيم (taslīm)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Bengali প্রত্যর্পণ
- প্রত্যর্পণ (prottorpon)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Bulgarian екстради́ране, екстради́ция
- екстради́ране (ekstradírane)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
- екстради́ция (ekstradícija)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Catalan extradició
- extradicióprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Chinese Cantonese 引渡
- 引渡 (jan⁵ dou⁶)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Chinese Mandarin 引渡
- 引渡 (yǐndù)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Czech extradice, vydání
- extradiceprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
- vydáníprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Danish udlevering
- udleveringprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Dutch uitlevering, uitzetting
- uitleveringprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
- uitzettingprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Esperanto ekstradicio
- ekstradicioprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Estonian väljaandmine
- väljaandmineprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Finnish luovutus
- luovutusprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
French extradition
- extraditionprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
German Auslieferung
- Auslieferungprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Greek έκδοση
- έκδοση (ékdosi)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Hebrew הַסְגָּרָה
- הַסְגָּרָה (hasgará)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Hindi प्रत्यर्पण
- प्रत्यर्पण (pratyarpaṇ)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Hungarian kiadatás
- kiadatásprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Icelandic framsal
- framsalprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Indonesian ekstradisi
- ekstradisiprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Italian estradizione
- estradizioneprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Japanese 引き渡し, 引渡し
- 引き渡し (hikiwatashi)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
- 引渡し (hikiwatashi)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Korean 인도
- 인도 (indo)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Latvian izdošana
- izdošanaprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Lithuanian ekstradicija
- ekstradicijaprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Malay ekstradisi
- ekstradisiprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Norwegian Bokmål utlevering
- utleveringprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Persian اِستِرداد
- اِستِرداد (esterdâd)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Polish ekstradycja
- ekstradycjaprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Portuguese extradição
- extradiçãoprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Romanian extradiție
- extradițieprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Russian экстради́ция, вы́дача
- экстради́ция (ekstradícija)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
- вы́дача (výdača)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
- переда́ча (peredáča)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Slovak extradícia, vydanie
- extradíciaprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
- vydanieprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Spanish extradición
- extradiciónprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Swedish utlämning
- utlämningprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Thai การส่งผู้ร้ายข้ามแดน
- การส่งผู้ร้ายข้ามแดน (gaan-sòng-pûu-ráai-kâam-dɛɛn)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Ukrainian екстради́ція, ви́дача
- екстради́ція (ekstradýcija)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
- ви́дача (výdača)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
- переда́ча (peredáča)process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
Vietnamese dẫn độ
- dẫn độprocess by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
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APA
extradition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extradition
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“extradition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extradition. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extradition,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extradition.
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