EXTRADITION
\ˌɛkstɹədˈɪʃən], \ˌɛkstɹədˈɪʃən], \ˌɛ_k_s_t_ɹ_ə_d_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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Delivery by one nation to another, particularly of fugitives from justice, in pursuance of a treaty between the nations called an extradition treaty, by which either nation becomes bound to give up the criminal refugees.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Antisense Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
- Short fragments DNA that are used alter the function of target RNAs or DNAs to which they hybridize.