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Vice

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounBad or immoral behaviour. (Especially often, a habit that harms oneself or others)
"Pride is a vice, not a virtue.; Smoking was a vice Sally picked up in high school."
2.NounAny of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
3.NounClipping of vice squad.
4.NounA 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.
5.NounAlternative spelling of vise (“mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping”).
6.NounA tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
7.NounA winding or spiral staircase.
8.NounA grip or grasp.
9.VerbAlternative spelling of vise (“to hold or squeeze with a vice”).
10.Adjectivein place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
"vice president; vice admiral"
11.PrepositionInstead of; in place of; versus.
12.NounOne who acts in place of a superior.
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