missing child
Vanished young person
A missing child is a minor whose whereabouts are unknown to parents or guardians—whether lost, runaway, abducted, or otherwise unaccounted for.
The term appears in legal contexts, news reports, and public alerts: Have you seen this missing child?
Missing children cases range from brief separations to criminal abductions.
- lostUnable to navigate
- without a traceDisappeared leaving no sign
- amber alertMissing child notification system
- searchAct of seeking
- search partyGroup seeking someone lost
door to door · found · cold case · kidnapped · abducted · foul play · disappeared · milk carton · poster · desperate · frantic · parent · police · vanished · runaway · stranger · danger · photograph
- missing personsdisappearance, vanished, vanishing, abductees, search party
- public alertsemergency broadcast, wireless alert, text alert, civil emergency, terror alert
- Lost soulslost soul, lost sheep, wanderer, drifter, prodigal
- Kidnappingkidnapping, hostage, captive, ransom note, kidnapper
- missing peoplelost hiker, lost tourist, abductee, kidnap victim, Jane Doe
- spamspam, junk mail, spam filter, spam folder, bulk mail