extraordinary rendition

noun

1. secret or forcible rendition of a suspected criminal to another country, often a country known to violate human rights and due process of law:

   the CIA’s extraordinary rendition of terrorist suspects;

   The legality and morality of extraordinary rendition have been a matter of intense debate.

extraordinary rendition

noun

1. the process by which a country seizes a person assumed to be involved in terrorist activity and then transports him or her for interrogation to a country where due process of law is unlikely to be respected

Word History and Origins

Origin of extraordinary rendition¹

First recorded in 1980–85