/ ˌkeɪ dʒiː ˈbiː; NAmE / noun
[ sing. ] the state security police of the former USSR
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WORD ORIGIN
Russian , abbreviation of Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti Committee of State Security.
/ ˌkeɪ dʒiː ˈbiː; NAmE / noun
[ sing. ] the state security police of the former USSR
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WORD ORIGIN
Russian , abbreviation of Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti Committee of State Security.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005