APB

The definition of apb is an abbreviation for all points bulletin which is a bulletin between police agencies which is a wanted person and provides directions regarding the apprehension of the specific suspect.

(abbreviation)

An example of an APB would be a call from one police station to another specifying to arrest a known gangmember in their district who is suspect of a crime.

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See APB in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

all-points bulletin: a general bulletin sent to law-enforcement agencies, as one describing a wanted person

See APB in American Heritage Dictionary 4

abbreviation
all points bulletin

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