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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty); 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Extradition \Ex`tra*di"tion\, n. [L. ex out + traditio a
   delivering up: cf. F. extradition. See Tradition.]
   The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State
   or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

extradition
    n 1: the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one
         state or country to another (usually under the provisions
         of a statute or treaty)