KGB

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

the KGB

1. (historical) The former Soviet State Security Committee.
   • 2019 [2018], Ben Macintyre, chapter 4, in The Spy and the Traitor, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 75:

     But in 1967 Treholt's trenchant opposition to the Vietnam War attracted the attention of the KGB.

2. The current Belarusian security service.

• FSB
• NKVD
• Cheka

KGB (plural KGBs)

1. (electronics) Initialism of known good board.

From Russian КГБ (KGB), through phonetic spelling of Komitét Gosudárstvennoj Bezopásnosti and acronymization.

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʒe.be/

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KGB m

1. KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)

Orthographic borrowing from Russian КГБ (KGB).

• IPA^(key): /ka.ɡjɛˈbɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛbɛ
• Syllabification: K‧G‧B

KGB m inan or KGB n (indeclinable)

1. (historical) KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)
2. KGB (the current Belarusian security service)

• KGB in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• KGB in Polish dictionaries at PWN

KGB f

1. KGB (Russian secret police)

From Russian КГБ (KGB), through phonetic spelling of Komitét Gosudárstvennoj Bezopásnosti and acronymization.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaːɡeːbeː]

KGB n

1. KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)

• KGB in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

KGB m

1. KGB (soviet KGB)