KGB

n. the State security police of the USSR since 1954.
Etymology: Russ., abbr. of Komitet gosudarstvennoi bezopasnosti committee of State security

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noun

formerly the predominant security police organization of Soviet Russia

• Syn: ↑Committee for State Security, ↑Soviet KGB

• Hypernyms: ↑Russian agency

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the intelligence and internal-security agency of the former Soviet Union, organized in 1954 and responsible for enforcement of security regulations, protection of political leaders, the guarding of borders, and clandestine operations abroad.

Also, K.G.B. Cf. Cheka.

[ < Russ, for K(omitét) g(osudárstvennoi) b(ezopásnosti) Committee for State Security]

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abbrev

Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti (Russian), Committee of State Security, the former Soviet secret police

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KGB (no periods) or K.G.B.,

the official secret police agency of the former Soviet Union, in charge of state security.

╂[< Russian K(omissija) G(osudarstvennoj) B(ezopasnosti) Commission of State Security]

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the state security police (1954 - 91) of the former USSR with responsibility for external espionage, internal counterintelligence, and internal "crimes against the state."

Origin:

Russian, abbreviation of Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti ‘Committee of State Security’

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abbr

◇ KGB is the abbreviation of the Russian name for the former Soviet organization responsible for national security and for collecting information about other countries or foreign groups.

a member of the KGB

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the KGB 7 [ˌkeɪ dʒiː ˈbiː] [ˌkeɪ dʒiː ˈbiː] noun singular

the state security police of the former USSR

 

Word Origin:

[KGB] Russian, abbreviation of Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti ‘Committee of State Security’.