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单词 all-points
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Definition of all-points in English:

all-points

adjective ˌɔːlˈpɔɪnts
US
  • Designating a message or alert sent to all appropriate or relevant people; especially one sent to every officer in a police force, or from one police station or law-enforcement agency to others in an area, giving details of a suspected criminal, a fugitive, a stolen vehicle, etc. Chiefly in "all-points bulletin".

noun ˌɔːlˈpɔɪnts
US
  • Informal. An all-points bulletin or alert.

Origin

1930s; earliest use found in The Oakland Tribune. From all + the plural of point.

 
 

Definition of all-points in US English:

all-points

adjectiveˌɔːlˈpɔɪnts
US
  • Designating a message or alert sent to all appropriate or relevant people; especially one sent to every officer in a police force, or from one police station or law-enforcement agency to others in an area, giving details of a suspected criminal, a fugitive, a stolen vehicle, etc. Chiefly in "all-points bulletin".

nounˌɔːlˈpɔɪnts
US
  • Informal. An all-points bulletin or alert.

Origin

1930s; earliest use found in The Oakland Tribune. From all + the plural of point.

 
 
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