Kgb definition
The intelligence and internal security agency of the former Soviet Union.
noun
(proper) The security police and intelligence agency (1954-91) of the Soviet Union.
abbreviation
(electronics) Known good board.
initialism
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Origin of kgb
- Russian from K(omitet) G(osudarstvennoĭ) B(ezopasnosti) komitet committee gosudarstvennoĭ genitive of gosudarstvennyĭ of the state bezopasnosti genitive of bezopasnost' security
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Russian КГБ (KGB), through phonetic spelling of Комитет государственной безопасности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”) and acronymization.
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