vice in English dictionary

  • vice

    Meanings and definitions of "vice"

    • A bad habit.
    • (law) prostitution
    • A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise).
    • in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
    • instead of, in place of
    • adjective
      in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
    • noun
      A bad habit.
    • noun
      (law)
      Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs.
    • noun
      A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
    • noun
      A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise).
    • noun
      A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A grip or grasp.
    • adposition
      instead of, in place of
    • verb
      To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
    • bad habit
    • legal term for prostitution
    • screw apparatus
    • noun
      a specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community"
    • noun
      moral weakness

    Synonyms of "vice" in English dictionary

    transgression, evildoing, evil are the top synonyms of "vice" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of vice

    • vice (no comparative or superlative)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza vice; lm  liczba mnoga vices
    • vice ( plural  vices)
    • vice (not comparable)
    • vice (plural vices)
    • vice (third-person singular simple present vices, present participle vicing, simple past and past participle viced)
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