Word info

amber alert

Noun

Meaning

amber alert (plural amber alerts)

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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

An Amber Alert was issued for the girl around 5:20 p.m. At 7:15 p.m., a driver reported seeing the Civic on the Mass Pike, and State Police arrested Rodriguez at gunpoint in Brimfield. Source: Internet

After the alleged abduction, police issued an Amber Alert for Mickey. Source: Internet

An AMBER Alert or a Child Abduction Emergency (SAME code: CAE) is a child abduction alert bulletin issued upon the suspected abduction of a child, since 1996. Source: Internet

The 44-year-old suspect's two daughters, Norah and Romy Carpentier, aged 11 and 6, were found dead Saturday following an Amber Alert. Source: Internet

An Amber Alert was issued the next day but had to be cancelled two days later when the girls’ bodies were found. Source: Internet

Police issued an Amber Alert for the young boy flooding the streets overnight and bombarding the media with images of Joseph, who became a passenger in an illegal and dangerous joyride. Source: Internet

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