amber alert

English

Alternative forms

• AMBER alert, AMBER Alert

Etymology

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

amber alert (plural amber alerts)

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

Translations

public notification of a child abduction

• Portuguese: alerta AMBER m