KGB

American  

Or K.G.B.

1. 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.

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KGB British  

abbreviation

1. the former Soviet secret police, founded in 1954 Compare GRU

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KGB Cultural  

1. The secret police of the former Soviet Union.

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Etymology

Origin of KGB

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

Example Sentences

Two embassy wives, played by Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson, embrace their Person of No Interest status to take on the KGB as spies in Peacock’s sparky, soulful series.

From Los Angeles Times

"To my enduring surprise, the KGB replied that it had set aside for me $2 million in gratitude for the information," he said in an eight-page statement he read to the court.

From BBC

That volume, along with Mitrokhin’s subsequent books, drew upon the detailed notes about KGB operations he had carried to the West.

From The Wall Street Journal

As a former KGB officer, Russian President Vladimir Putin goes to great lengths to maintain secrecy about his movements, residence details or workspaces.

From The Wall Street Journal

He previously played a KGB sleeper agent in The Americans, for which he won an Emmy Award for his acting in 2018.

From BBC