APB

[ ey-pee-bee ]

noun

1. all-points bulletin: a broadcast alert from one police station to all others in an area, state, etc., as with instructions to arrest a particular suspect or suspects.

APB

abbreviation for

1. all-points bulletin

Example Sentences

Mr. Gaines has a key supporter in the art collector James Whitner, the chief executive of the Whitaker Group, the company behind the fashion labels A Ma Maniere, Social Status and APB.

From New York Times

Week 1422 was essentially an APB for book, movie and song puns; the contest asked for them to be “collaborations” resulting in the tweaked name.

From Washington Post

No need to put out an APB, though, because the suspect, former homicide detective Roger Golubski, who retired in good standing and with a full pension from the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department, isn’t in hiding.

From Washington Times

The APB now needs to collect about 500,000 signatures over the next six months to be able to register for next year's municipal elections.

From BBC

He will be APB's president while his eldest son, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, will be vice-president.

From BBC