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Webster 1913 Edition

Extradition

Exˊtra-di′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

ex

out +

traditio

a delivering up: cf. F.

extradition

. See

.]

The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.

Definition 2024

extradition

extradition

English

Noun

extradition ‎(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.

See also

Translations

a formal process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government

Arabic:
Bulgarian: екстрадиране n ‎(ekstradirane), екстрадиция f ‎(ekstradicija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 引渡 (zh) ‎(yǐndù)
Czech: extradice (cs) f, vydání n
Dutch: uitlevering (nl) f, uitzetting (nl)
Esperanto: ekstradicio
Finnish: luovutus (fi)
French: extradition (fr) f
German: Auslieferung (de) f
Greek: έκδοση (el) f ‎(ékdosi)

Hebrew:
Hindi:
Hungarian: kiadatás (hu)
Japanese: 引き渡し ‎(ひきわたし, hikiwatashi), 引渡し ‎(ひきわたし, hikiwatashi)
Korean:
Portuguese: extradição (pt) f
Russian: экстради́ция (ru) f ‎(ekstradícija), вы́дача (ru) f ‎(výdača)
Spanish: extradición f
Swedish: utlämning c
Thai:
Turkish:
Vietnamese: dẫn độ

French

Noun

extradition f ‎(plural extraditions)

extradition