"amber alert" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: amber alerts [plural], AMBER alert [alternative], AMBER Alert [alternative]
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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} amber alert (plural amber alerts)
  1. (US, Canada) A public notification of a child abduction. Wikipedia link: Amber Hagerman, amber alert Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Law enforcement Translations (public notification of a child abduction): alerta AMBER [masculine] (Portuguese)

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