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Red Notice

Red Notice

1 7.6
An official Interpol request to arrest and return a wanted person
  • noun
  • Formal
translation icon : Notificación Roja
  • The Iranian government continues to deny the charges, but after conducting an investigation of its own, Interpol found them credible enough to publish "red notices" for five of the implicated Iranians.
  • a Red Notice from Interpol

And I believe that, you know, at some point there was a red notice for his arrest from I think so Europol or Interpol.

Examples

  • And I believe that, you know, at some point there was a red notice for his arrest from I think so Europol or Interpol.

  • In May, Moroccan police, acting on an INTERPOL Red Notice, arrested an individual who was wanted for making terrorist threats.

  • Sir, the facial recognition system just picked up a red notice.

  • I would learn that she had a red notice from Interpol since she was 17.

  • And Interpol often issue what's called a Red Notice against somebody who is wanted.

  • Red notices...

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Svartholm was reportedly the subject of an Interpol 'Red Notice', an international request to "seek the location and detention, arrest, or restriction of movement of a person wanted by a national jurisdiction or an international tribunal for the purpose of extradition, surrender, or similar lawful action."

    Blog text (24)
  • A worldwide Red Notice was issued today for contract killer Darius Kincaid.

  • The Interpol Red Notice, an international arrest warrant, has trapped Dr. Sonmez in Turkey.

Synonyms

International Wanted Notice
vsRed Notice
  • Formal
7.6

An official Interpol notice that asks countries to arrest and send back a person accused of a crime

is the official request sent to all member countries for extradition and arrest
wanted notice
vsRed Notice
  • Formal
5.8

A public message from the police asking people to help find a person for questioning or arrest

is an international police agency request aimed at arrest and extradition across member countries

Surface Forms

Red Notice singular
Red Notices plural

Morphology

red + notice

The term names a specific Interpol legal instrument (an international arrest/extradition request) whose institutional meaning is not predictable from the parts. With 'red' (here even given as a political label) and 'notice' (an announcement), a B1 learner who knows the words would not infer the specialized arrest/extradition sense, so the expression is opaque.

Etymology

Red Notice comes from Interpol using a bright red notice to mark the most urgent request to find a 'wanted person'. The strong red color makes the paper look like a warning sign, so today a Red Notice means an international request 'to arrest' someone and send them back to the country that wants them.