amber alert
English
Alternative forms
- AMBER alert, AMBER Alert
Etymology
After Amber Hagerman (1986–1996), a girl who was abducted and killed in Arlington, Texas. The upper-case spelling indicates a backronym: America's Missing: Broadcasting Emergency Response.
Noun
amber alert (plural amber alerts)
- (US, Canada) A public notification of a child abduction.
Translations
public notification of a child abduction
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