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.
âHe was crucifying people who were recently widowed in a most horrific way, people who were still in the grips of devastation.â. devastate, crush, shatter, hurt deeply, wound, pain, distress, harrow, agonize, mortify, torment, torture. View synonyms. 2informal Criticize (someone) severely and unrelentingly.