amber alert

See also: AMBER Alert, AMBER alert, Amber Alert, and Amber alert

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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)

  1. (US, Canada) A public notification of a child abduction.

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