KGB
proper nounnounattested in dialogue
- //keɪ.d͡ʒi.biː//
The security service of Belarus.
proper noun
- 1
historicalThe Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union (the Soviet security service).
But in 1967 Treholt's trenchant opposition to the Vietnam War attracted the attention of the KGB.
- 2
The security service of Belarus.
Etymology
From Russian КГБ (KGB), acronym of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”).
noun
- 1
Variant of known good boardInitialism of known good board.
Forms
- plural
- KGBs