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KGB

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KGB  (kj-b)
n.
The intelligence and internal security agency of the former Soviet Union.
[Russian, from K(omitet) G(osudarstvenno) B(ezopasnosti) : komitet, committee + gosudarstvenno : genitive of gosudarstvenny, of the state + bezopasnosti, genitive of bezopasnost', security.]
KGB
abbrev
the former Soviet secret police, founded in 1954 Compare GRU
[from Russian Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti State Security Committee]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.KGBKGB - formerly the predominant security police organization of Soviet Russia
Committee for State Security, Soviet KGB
Russian agency - an administrative agency of the Russian government
Translations
KGB N (in former USSR) → KGB f
KGB [ˌkeɪdʒiːˈbiː] n abbr → KGB m
KGB
n → KGB m
KGB [ˌkeɪdʒiːˈbiː] n abbr the KGB → il KGB
KGB [ˌkeɪdʒiːˈbiː] n abbr the KGB → il KGB


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