Fsb

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of front-side bus. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    a federally chartered savings bank wordnet
  3. 3
    the internal counterintelligence agency of the Russian Federation and successor to the Soviet KGB; formerly led by Vladimir Putin wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Federation of Small Businesses. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. Russia, initialism

    "Possible victims included Roman Tsepov, Putin’s bodyguard in 1990s St Petersburg, who died after drinking tea in 2004 at a local FSB office."

Synonyms

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federal savings bankfederal security bureaufederal security servicefederal security service relatedfsb linkedfsb related

Example

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"Elias was approached by a senior FSB officer who offered him a job."

Etymology

From Russian ФСБ (FSB), initialism of Федеральная Служба Безопасности (Federalʹnaja Služba Bezopasnosti, “Federal Security Service”).

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