amber alert
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]After Amber Hagerman (1986–1996), a girl who was abducted and killed in Arlington, Texas. The upper-case spelling indicates a backronym: America's Missing: Broadcasting Emergency Response.
Noun
[edit]amber alert (plural amber alerts)
Translations
[edit]public notification of a child abduction
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