KGB

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union (the Soviet security service).
  2. The security service of Belarus.
noun
  1. Initialism of known good board.

Pronunciation

KGB US.ogg

Word forms

KGB the KGB KGBs

Etymology

From Russian КГБ (KGB), acronym of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”).

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