extradition
returning someone to another country for a criminal trial
TRANSLATION
extradition = die Auslieferung --- GOOGLE INDEX extradition: approximately 3,250,000 Google hits
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Football fan loses EXTRADITION fight over Portugal riot
(The Guardian - News Headline)
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"It is high time that we simplified and modernised our outdated and archaic EXTRADITION process."
(BBC News)
(The Guardian - News Headline)
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"It is high time that we simplified and modernised our outdated and archaic EXTRADITION process."
(BBC News)
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extradition
noun
- handing over a person accused or convicted of committing a crime in a foreign state to the jurisdiction of that state
extradite
verb
(Compact Oxford English Dictionary)
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Many countries have extradition agreements that spell out the conditions and process for extraditing people between the two countries. In order to avoid extradition, alleged criminals sometimes flee to countries that do not have extradition laws.
One of the most famous was U.S. financier Robert Vesco, who was charged with securities fraud. He fled the U.S and lived in a number of Central American and Caribbean countries. His elaborate attempts at eluding the courts included trying to buy an island from Antigua so he could create an autonomous country and make his own laws.
His plan to set up a banana republic failed. He eventually settled in Cuba where he was sentenced to 13 years in jail for illegal economic activity. He died while carrying out his sentence.
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"Roman Polanski has avoided extradition for many years."
noun
- handing over a person accused or convicted of committing a crime in a foreign state to the jurisdiction of that state
extradite
verb
(Compact Oxford English Dictionary)
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Many countries have extradition agreements that spell out the conditions and process for extraditing people between the two countries. In order to avoid extradition, alleged criminals sometimes flee to countries that do not have extradition laws.
One of the most famous was U.S. financier Robert Vesco, who was charged with securities fraud. He fled the U.S and lived in a number of Central American and Caribbean countries. His elaborate attempts at eluding the courts included trying to buy an island from Antigua so he could create an autonomous country and make his own laws.
His plan to set up a banana republic failed. He eventually settled in Cuba where he was sentenced to 13 years in jail for illegal economic activity. He died while carrying out his sentence.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Roman Polanski has avoided extradition for many years."
