CHEKIST

Etymology

Noun

Chekist (plural Chekists)

(historical) an agent of the Cheka, the Soviet Russian secret police from 1917 to 1922, replacing the Okhrana secret police of Tsarist Russia; succeeded by the OGPU and NKVD

(by extension, metonym) a national security official of the KGB, FSB or any of the state security intelligence agencies of the Soviet Union or Russian Federation

Anagrams

• ethicks, hickets

Source: Wiktionary



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