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FSB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A federally chartered savings bank
Synonyms:
federal savings bank; FSB
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("FSB" is a kind of...):
savings bank (a thrift institution in the northeastern United States; since deregulation in the 1980s they offer services competitive with many commercial banks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The internal counterintelligence agency of the Russian Federation and successor to the Soviet KGB; formerly led by Vladimir Putin
Synonyms:
Federal Security Bureau; Federal Security Service; FSB
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("FSB" is a kind of...):
Russian agency (an administrative agency of the Russian government)
