hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"
If someone is extradited, they are officially sent back to their own or another country to be tried for a crime that they have been accused of. He was extradited to Britain from the Irish Republic to face explosives charges The authorities refused to extradite him. + extradition extraditions extra·di·tion A New York court turned down the British government's request for his extradition There were no plans to reopen extradition proceedings against him. to use a legal process to send someone who may be guilty of a crime back to the country where the crime happened in order to judge them in a court of law extradite sb to/from Britain/the US etc (extradition (19-21 centuries), from , from traditio ; TRADITION)