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MGB

American  
  1. 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

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of MGB

< Russian, for Ministérstvo gosudárstvennoĭ bezopásnosti

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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

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