How to Use extradite in a Sentence

extradite

verb
Definition of extraditenext
  • The prisoner was extradited across state lines.
  • He will be extradited from the U.S. to Canada to face criminal charges there.
  • Mark Sokolovsky, 26, is in custody in the Netherlands as the U.S. tries to extradite him.
    — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Oct. 2022
  • But by the time he and two of his lieutenants were extradited, the case was over.
    — Tim Golden, ProPublica, 19 July 2024
  • France, Switzerland and Poland have rejected bids to extradite him to the U.S.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 14 July 2022
  • Libya refused to extradite the men to the U.S. but ultimately agreed to a deal to put them on trial in the Netherlands.
    — Eric Tucker, ajc, 16 Dec. 2020
  • El Chapo has since been extradited to the U.S., sentenced to life in prison, and ordered to pay $12.6 billion.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Arrested once again by the Garda, he was freed once again by the Irish state, which refused to extradite him.
    — Mike Hale, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Police were not able to confirm if the pair had been extradited to New York as of Friday.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Ma Seok-do who heads to a foreign country to extradite a suspect.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The Venice court of appeals will now have to rule on Guevara’s case before he can be extradited.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Right before he was extradited to the U.S. for arraignment, Cazes was found dead in his jail cell.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
  • The attorney also said that his client is prepared to fight any effort to extradite him to the United States.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Hackett was the first and last enslaved person to be extradited from Canada back to the United States.
    — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 17 June 2023
  • Seoul High Court will now decide within two months whether to extradite the woman to New Zealand.
    — Gawon Bae, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022
  • She was arrested on the U.S. charges and was extradited from the United Kingdom.
    — Michael James, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
  • Sam’s lawyers had a guy on the inside and outside advising on when he might be extradited from the Bahamas.
    — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Bail was denied, and eight days later he was extradited to the United States.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Aina and Abiodun have been extradited from Nigera to the United States.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Unless the men post their bonds, they’ll be extradited to Ada County to appear before a judge.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 22 Mar. 2024
  • For a time, there’s a very real threat that Russia could attempt to extradite Rodchenkov back to stand trial.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Sep. 2022
  • If this happens, there is a chance Assange will not be extradited.
    — Dell Cameron Matt Burgess, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The group started discussing how to help Assange on Telegram, in the wake of the decision to extradite him in December.
    — Gian M. Volpicelli, Wired, 9 Feb. 2022
  • She is expected to be extradited to Leon County by the end of the month, according to the newspaper.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • But the state did not offer any assurances about how Magee would be treated and whether he’d be housed in a big enough cell — so the Scottish court refused to extradite him.
    — NBC News, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Hanick was arrested last month in London, from which the U.S. is seeking to extradite him.
    — Chris Strohm, Bloomberg.com, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Italy could seek to extradite them, but Egypt will likely refuse to do so, according to legal experts.
    — Jared Malsin, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2021
  • He was then extradited back to Baltimore and charged with first-degree murder in Carter’s killing.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Advertisement The offspring don’t have to look far to see that if they are caught and extradited to the U.S., choosing to go to trial is a high-risk, all-or-nothing gamble that rarely ends with walking free.
    — Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The final decision on whether to extradite Dotcom rested with the justice minister.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024

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