VICE
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Example

Pride is a vice that can poison good intentions.

Definition

Immoral or wicked behavior; a bad habit

  • Crimes involving prostitution, gambling, drugs, etc.
  • The police unit dealing with such crimes
  • A harmful habitual behavior in a horse

Chiefly British: a clamping tool with two jaws

  • Figurative: a situation of tight constraint or pressure

Chiefly British: to clamp with a vice

  • Alternative spelling of vise (verb)

Prefix meaning deputy or second in rank, as in vice president

  • Denoting a role subordinate to another

Instead of; in place of

  • Versus, against (rare, formal)