Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

extradite 

 

to hand over to another government for prosecution

 

Is it possible for a country to be on friendly terms with another country and nevertheless refuse to extradite that country's fugitive criminals?

 

Related English words: extraditable, extradition (the act of extraditing)

 

Latin root words: ex (prep. w/ abl.) - out of, from; traditio, traditionis, f. - handing over, surrender; record; trado, tradere, tradidi, traditus - to hand over (down); to surrender 

 

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