KGB

or K.G.B.

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.

Compare Cheka.

Origin of KGB

< Russian, for K(omitét) g(osudárstvennoĭ) b(ezopásnosti) Committee for State Security

Example sentences from the Web for kgb

Back home, KGB leadership was pledging loyalty to the secretary general and his planned reforms.

How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Radicalized Putin |Masha Gessen |November 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Over the next few years, a chasm would open up between the Party and the KGB, culminating with the failed coup in August 1991.

How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Radicalized Putin |Masha Gessen |November 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In June 1989, the head of the KGB in Leningrad issued a public statement condemning secret-police crimes committed under Stalin.

How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Radicalized Putin |Masha Gessen |November 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This past election night saw the return of the KGB Radio Hour at KGB Bar in New York City.

Watch Steve Earle Rant About GOP Victory |The Daily Beast Video |November 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Or one portraying the former KGB officer as a superhero surrounded by doves?

Hipster Putin Propaganda |Lizzie Crocker, Emil Lendof |October 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
None at all when the dacha wasn't in use for a conference or to hide someone on the lam from the KGB.

Revolution |Dallas McCord Reynolds
The KGB has the latest in equipment for spotting the location of an illegal station.

Revolution |Dallas McCord Reynolds
If there were any KGB men aboard, he wanted to dissolve into mediocrity so far as they were concerned.

Combat |Dallas McCord Reynolds
He had operated for over a year with no signs that the KGB was aware of his activities.

Revolution |Dallas McCord Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for kgb

KGB

abbreviation for

the former Soviet secret police, founded in 1954 Compare GRU

Word Origin for KGB

from Russian Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti State Security Committee

Cultural definitions for kgb

KGB

The secret police of the former Soviet Union.

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