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Che•ka  (che′kä),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Military, Government(in the Soviet Union) the state secret-police organization (1917–22), succeeded by the GPU. Cf. KGB. 
  • Russian Cheká, Vecheká, names of the initial letters of Vserossíĭskaya chrezvycháĭnaya Kommíssiya (po bor'bé s kontrarevolyútsieĭ, spekulyátsieĭ i sabotázhem) All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (for the Struggle against Counterrevolution, Speculation and Sabotage)
  • 1920–25
Che′kist, n. 

'Cheka' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
GPU - KGB - NKGB - NKVD - OGPU

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