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)