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Cheka
[Cheka 词源字典]
early Soviet secret police, 1921, from Russian initials of
Chrezvychainaya Komissiya
"Extraordinary Commission (for Combating Counter-Revolution);" set up 1917, superseded 1922 by G.P.U.
[Cheka etymology, Cheka origin, 英语词源]
Contra (n.)
1981, "anti-Sandinista Nicaraguan," short for Spanish
contrarrevolucionario
"counter-revolutionary."
counterrevolution (n.)
also
counter-revolution
, 1791, from
counter-
+
revolution
. First recorded in U.S. with reference to American Revolution.