wanted poster

Definitions of wanted poster
  1. noun
    a public announcement by a law enforcement agency that they desire to question or arrest some person
    synonyms: wanted notice
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    types:
    International Wanted Notice, Red Notice
    an Interpol notice describing a wanted person and asking that he or she be arrested with a view to extradition; a wanted notice that is issued by Interpol at the request of an Interpol member country and distributed to all member countries
    type of:
    announcement, promulgation
    a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
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