MGB

American

the Ministry of State Security in the U.S.S.R. that functioned as the government's secret-police organization from 1946–53.

MGB British

abbreviation

Ministry of State Security; the Soviet secret police from 1946 to 1954

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Etymology

Origin of MGB

< Russian, for Ministérstvo gosudárstvennoĭ bezopásnosti

Example Sentences

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Just after midnight on May 30, he left a party in his MGB sports car.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2025

Speaking of vintage cars, John Huber of Williamsburg, Va., owns one, a 1963 MGB.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2020

A vintage, bottle green, convertible, MGB sports car and a nice Longines or Rolex watch.

From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2015

Among his possessions were a Hummer H2, two MGB sports cars, five Ford trucks, a pair of excavator vehicles, a private plane, and three two-acre plots on Rum Cay, an island in the Bahamas.

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 30, 2014

In January, Honda entered the British market with the 5800 sports car selling for $250 less than B.M.C.'s MGB.

From Time Magazine Archive

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