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extract
extraction
extractive
extractor
extractor fan
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extraditable
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extradition
extrados
extraembryonic membrane
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extradite

ex·tra·dite [ ékstrə dt ] (past and past participle ex·tra·dit·ed, present participle ex·tra·dit·ing, 3rd person present singular ex·tra·dites)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
deliver somebody to different legal authority: to return somebody accused of a crime by a different legal authority to that authority for trial or punishment

[Mid-19th century. Back-formation <extradition]
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