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KGB en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /keɪ.d͡ʒi.biː/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (historical) The Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union (the Soviet security service).
   • President Putin's KGB roots have sadly informed a style of governance that is neither reformist nor particularly democratic. The common thread throughout his domestic and foreign policies is his effort to trade on fear -- the fears of Russians that their country is under attack from hostile external forces (Chechens, NATO or free marketeers); and the fears of Westerners that if not for a strong, pragmatic leader, Russia will again become unruly, unstable and potentially aggressive. 2001 January 4, Garry Kasparov, “The Russian President Trades on Fear”, in The Wall Street Journal, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2015, International:
   • But in 1967 Treholt's trenchant opposition to the Vietnam War attracted the attention of the KGB. 2019 [2018], Ben Macintyre, chapter 4, in The Spy and the Traitor, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 75:
2. The security service of Belarus.

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Relateds

FSB · Cheka · NKVD

Translations (39)

tk DHK (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · pl KGB (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · fr KGB (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · sv KGB (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · be КДБ (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · be КДБ (security service of Belarus) · hi केजीबी (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · ko 케이지비 (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · ky МКК (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · de KGB (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · ar كَي جِي بِي (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · ka სუკ (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · yi קאַגעבע (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · az DTK (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · bn কেজিবি (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · he ק.ג.ב. (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · bg КГБ (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · ru КГБ (security service of Belarus) · cmn 克格勃 (security service of Belarus) · km កាហ្សេបេ (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · pt KGB (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · ar كَاي جِي بِي (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · lv VDK (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · ja カーゲーベー (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · mn УАХХ (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · cmn 克格勃 (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · ja ケージービー (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · uz DXO (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · ko 카게베 (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · uk КДБ (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · es KGB (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · hy ՊԱԿ (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · fi KGB (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · pl KGB (security service of Belarus) · uk КДБ (security service of Belarus) · fr KGB (security service of Belarus) · tr KGB (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · mk КГБ (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union) · ru КГБ (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union)

KGB en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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• /keɪ.d͡ʒi.biː/

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of known good board.
   alt of known good board

Forms