ubek

Pronunciation: /ˈu.bɛk/

“ubek” is a Polish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

an officer of Polish communist secret police between 1944 and 1956
anyone with past ties to the communist secret police

Etymology

From UB + -ek, with UB being an initialism of Urząd Bezpieczeństwa (literally "Security Office"), the official name of Stalinist secret police in Poland between 1944 and 1956.

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More Polish words

ubaw
ubawiać
ubawić
ubecja
ubezpieczać
ubezpieczenie
ubezpieczeniowy
ubezpieczyciel

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