extradited

Sent for prosecution

Extradited is the past tense of extradite, meaning to surrender a person accused or convicted of a crime to the jurisdiction where the offense occurred.

The process typically involves legal proceedings between governments: He was extradited to France to face murder charges.

Someone can also be extradited from one state to another within a country.

international

Interpol

Global police cooperation organization

consulate · embassy · refugee · rendition · foreign · borders · repatriation · expulsion · cross-border

crime

fugitive

One fleeing authorities

prosecution · felony · allegation · conviction · accomplice · defendant · charges · suspect · accused · criminal

custody

surrender

Cease resistance, yield

transport · escort · marshals · authorities · imprisonment · incarceration · remand · holding · confinement · shackles

legal

treaty

Binding pact between nations

defense · attorney · lawyer · appeal · judiciary · litigation · statute · ruling · petition · waiver

process

request

Formal act of seeking

review · documentation · certification · assurances · conditions · guarantees · proceedings · timeline · delays · contested

Categories
Opposites
legal transfer of custody

extraditedsheltered

Kept safe from harm

harbored · protected · retained · shielded · hidden

protection from foreign legal authority

extraditedprotected

Kept from harm

shielded · naturalized

legal status resolution

extraditedreleased

Set free from confinement

freed · amnestied · exonerated · acquitted · cleared

Phrases
Family

extradition, extradite, extraditing, extradites, extraditions, extraditable

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