Phil ‧ by, Kim /ˈfɪlbi, kɪm/ BrE AmE
(1911–88) a British ↑ spy (=someone who gives secret information to a country's enemies) . He was a member of the British Secret Intelligence Service during and after World War II, but all the time he was secretly working for the ↑ Soviet Union . He escaped to Russia in 1963. ⇨ ↑ Blunt, Anthony , ↑ Burgess, Guy , ↑ MacLean, Donald