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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
KGB
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.
Also, K.G.B.
Compare Cheka.

[Origin: < Russ, for K(omitét) g(osudárstvennoĭ) b(ezopásnosti) Committee for State Security]
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KGB: see secret police. 
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