fsb
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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Initialism of Federation of Small Businesses.
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The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.
Example Sentences
- "Possible victims included Roman Tsepov, Putin’s bodyguard in 1990s St Petersburg, who died after drinking tea in 2004 at a local FSB office."
- "Krasikov, a former high-ranking FSB colonel serving a life sentence in a German prison, was on the top of Moscow’s list of Russian prisoners it wanted to exchange."
Etymology
From Russian ФСБ (FSB), initialism of Федеральная Служба Безопасности (Federalʹnaja Služba Bezopasnosti, “Federal Security Service”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ФСБ