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Amber Alert Definition

Amber Alert

noun

a warning to be on the lookout for a missing child, sent out by the police over an emergency system that uses radio and TV broadcasts, roadside electronic displays, etc.

Etymology: after Amber Hagerman (1986-96), child abducted and murdered

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