KGB

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does KGB mean? 

• KGB (noun)
  The noun KGB has 1 sense:

1. formerly the predominant security police organization of Soviet Russia

  Familiarity information: KGB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KGB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formerly the predominant security police organization of Soviet Russia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Committee for State Security; KGB; Soviet KGB

Hypernyms ("KGB" is a kind of...):

Russian agency (an administrative agency of the Russian government)