Extradition. The transfer of an accused from one state or country to another state or country that seeks to place the accused on trial. Extradition comes into play when a person charged with a crime under state statutes flees the state.
verb (used with object), mortified, mortifying. 1. to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect. 2. to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering. 3. Pathology. to affect with gangrene or necrosis.
uk â /ËstrÃ¦Å.É¡jÉËleÉª.ÊÉn/ us â /ËstrÃ¦Å.É¡jÉËleÉª.ÊÉn/. âº the action of killing someone by pressing their throat so that they cannot breathe, or the act of dying in this way: The post-mortem showed that the boy had died from strangulation. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words.