Amber Alert
Definition of Amber Alert
: a widely publicized bulletin that alerts the public to a recently abducted or missing child
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Origin and Etymology of amber alert
from the U.S. Justice Department AMBER Alert Program that issues such bulletins, originally from Amber Hagerman †1996 U.S. victim of an abduction, later read as an acronym for America's Missing Broadcast Emergency Response
First Known Use: 1997
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Amber Alert
Legal Definition of Amber Alert
: a widely publicized bulletin that alerts the public to a recently abducted or missing child
Origin and Etymology of amber alert
from the U.S. Justice Dept. AMBER Alert Program that issues such bulletins, originally from Amber Hagerman †1996 victim of an abduction, later read as America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response
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