CHEKA


Meaning of CHEKA in English

ˈchā(ˌ)kä noun

( -s )

Etymology: Russian, from che + ka, names of initial letters of Chrezvychainaya Kommissiya extraordinary commission

: secret police (as in a Communist-dominated country) having virtually unrestrained power over life and death

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