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extraditing

extraditing is the present participle and gerund of extradite.

Meaning of extradite

Verb

extradite (third-person singular simple present extradites, present participle extraditing, simple past and past participle extradited)

  1. (transitive) To remove a person from one state to another by legal process.
    • Balfour, who had sought refuge in Argentina, was extradited, and sentenced to a long term of penal servitude at Parkhurst Prison in the Isle of Wight.1948 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “The Isle of Wight Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 216

Questions about extraditing

What is extraditing the present participle and gerund of?
Extraditing is the present participle and gerund of extradite.

Words near extraditing in the dictionary

  1. extraditee
  2. extraditees
  3. extraditer
  4. extraditers
  5. extradites
  6. extraditing
  7. extradition
  8. extraditions
  9. extradomestic
  10. extradomicilar
  11. extradomicile

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