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extradition

[ek-struh-dish-uhn] / ˌɛk strəˈdɪʃ ən /


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Once their current sentences end, they face extradition to South Carolina on the new charges.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

The response from the DOJ officials was that no extradition would be sought because there was insufficient evidence.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Castro had been held for 90 days in jail while the two states fought over the extradition.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2026

"The operation deliberately circumvented Kenya's Extradition Act which requires a lawful request, arrest warrant, judicial proceedings and an opportunity to challenge extradition," the activists said in a statement.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Most important, he had no intention of leaving Iceland, because of the threat of extradition to the United States.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

It remains unclear whether Syria's new authorities will be able to secure Bashar and Maher al-Assad's extraditions from Moscow.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

These are not extraditions, because these folks are not being sought by El Salvador on any charges there, and certainly have not gone through any extradition process.

From Slate Apr. 8, 2025

Months later, the British government enacted policies that “made similar extraditions extremely difficult,” according to the Nelson Hackett Project, a digital work of public scholarship helmed by the University of Arkansas Humanities Center.

From Seattle Times Jun. 17, 2023

In Peru, all extraditions must be approved by the president.

From Washington Times May 11, 2023

A year earlier, a bill in Hong Kong that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China had set off months of protests.

From New York Times Feb. 5, 2023




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