"Rendition"

[Joyce, Thomas F.]

I suppose it must be so.  But if anybody starts talking about rendering a suspect, I will have visions of boiling vats.

-----Original Message-----
From: Laurence Horn [mailto:laurence.horn at YALE.EDU]
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:12 AM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: "Rendition"


At 9:53 AM -0500 10/21/02, Joyce, Thomas F. wrote:
>Rendition is the euphemism for a process by which a terrorism
>suspect is given over to the custody of another country for
>detention and interrogation free from American legal restrictions.
>There seems to be an implied transitive verb here, but what is it?

I'm afraid it's "rendre."  Some uses of (Fr.) "rendre" translate to
"render", but this one doesn't (yet).

L

>Do you "rendite" a suspect?
>


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