extradition
extradition noun: a 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.
Noun
extradition (countable and uncountable, plural extraditions)
- A 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.
extradition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
extradition in Hindi
- process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
- प्रत्यर्पण pratyarpaṇ
extradition in Tamil
- அயல் நாட்டிடம் ஒப்புவிப்பு, அயலக ஒப்படை, கடத்தல் மீட்டொப்படைப்பு
extradition in Marathi
- प्रत्यार्पण, प्रत्यर्पण
extradition in Bengali
- process by which a criminal suspect is handed over to another government
- প্রত্যর্পণ prottorpon
More languagesFewer languages
- extradition in Malayalam
- എക്സ്ട്രേഡീഷൻ, അപസാരണം, അവസാരണം, നിർവാസം
- extradition in Kannada
- ಪ್ರತ್ಯರ್ಪಣ
- extradition in Punjabi
- ਹਵਾਲਗੀ
- extradition in Gujarati
- પ્રત્યર્પણ
- extradition in Arabic
- تَسْلِيم taslīm
- extradition in Malay
- ekstradisi
- extradition in Indonesian
- ekstradisi
- extradition in Persian
- اِستِرداد esterdâd
- extradition in Thai
- การส่งผู้ร้ายข้ามแดน gaan-sòng-pûu-ráai-kâam-dɛɛn
- extradition in Vietnamese
- dẫn độ
Forms of extradition
| plural | extraditions |
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Origin of extradition
From French extradition, itself from Latin ex- + traditio.
Words formed from extradition
Questions about extradition
- What does extradition mean?
- Extradition means a 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.
- What is extradition in Hindi?
- Extradition in Hindi is प्रत्यर्पण (pratyarpaṇ). See Extradition meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is extradition?
- Extradition is a noun.
- What is the plural of extradition?
- The plural of extradition is extraditions.
Words near extradition in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: extradition (page history and authors); extradition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); extradition (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); extradition (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); extradition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); extradition (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); extradition (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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