Amber Alert Definition

noun
A message that conveys information about a recently missing or abducted person, usually displayed on electronic signs positioned along roadways and broadcast especially by radio, intended to enlist the public's help in finding the abducted person and often in catching the abductor.
American Heritage
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.
Webster's New World

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

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Noun

Singular:
Amber Alert
Plural:
amber-alerts

Origin of Amber Alert

  • After Amber Hagerman. The spelling in all caps indicates a backronym, America's Missing: Broadcasting Emergency Response.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Amber Hagerman (1987–1996), American child kidnapped and murdered in Texas

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Amber Alert Sentence Examples

  • Police have issued a nationwide Amber Alert for the boy and are reportedly questioning acquaintances of Balfour's in hopes of finding and returning the boy safely to his mother.

  • The nation's amber alert history began in 1996 with the tragic murder of a nine-year-old girl in Arlington, Texas, named Amber Hagerman.

  • The Amber Alert System that stemmed from the death of this child is an early warning system designed to notify as many people as possible through broadcasting announcements.

  • This began the Amber Alert System and during the two years that followed radio stations were notified by the police department of missing children by phone.

  • Throughout the years following the launch of the Amber Alert in Texas, there have been many changes and legislative actions leading to the growth and development of this important early warning system.

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