the KGB
noun/ˌkeɪ dʒiː ˈbiː/
/ˌkeɪ dʒiː ˈbiː/
[singular]- the state security police of the former USSRWord OriginRussian, abbreviation of Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti ‘Committee of State Security’.
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