or K.G.B.
Origin: Russ K(omitet) G(osudarstvennoj) B(ezopasnosti), Committee of State Security
the security police and intelligence agency of the Soviet Union, formed in 1954See KGB in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Russian
Origin: , from K(omitet) G(osudarstvennoĭ) B(ezopasnosti)
Origin: : komitet, committee
Origin: + gosudarstvennoĭ
Origin: : genitive of gosudarstvennyĭ, of the state
Origin: + bezopasnosti
Origin: , genitive of bezopasnost', security
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