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.

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MGB British  

abbreviation

1. 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

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

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2020

Actually, since we’re recalling the era, it looks more like a latter-day British MGB.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2016

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

But after Stalin's death, his membership in MVD and not in MGB probably saved his life.

From Time Magazine Archive