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noun
A public notification of a missing person, especially a senior with dementia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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History
Introduced in 2005 by Oklahoma state representative Fred Perry, modelled on amber alert. Silver suggests the grey hair of elderly people; compare silver fox.
