Hand over suspect information technology infiltrating former clientele (9)
I believe the answer is:
extradite
'hand over' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'technology infiltrating former clientele' is the wordplay.
'technology' becomes 'it'.
'infiltrating' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'former' becomes 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime).
'clientele' becomes 'trade' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ex'+'trade'='extrade'
'it' placed into 'extrade' is 'EXTRADITE'.
'suspect information' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for extradite that I've seen before include "Hand over for trial in another country" , "Hand over for trial to another government" , "Banish" , "Hand over to a foreign government for trial" , "Hand over to authorities of another country" .)