Meaning of vice | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who acts in place of a superior.
2. A surname.
3. Bad or immoral behaviour
4. Bad or immoral behaviour.
5. Alternative spelling of vise (“mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping”).
   Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative
6. Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs
7. Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
8. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
9. Clipping of vice squad
10. Clipping of vice squad.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
11. A winding or spiral staircase.
12. 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
13. 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.
14. A grip or grasp.
    obsolete
15. Alternative spelling of vise (“mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping”)

Equivalents

Examples

“Pride is a vice, not a virtue.”

“Smoking was a vice Sally picked up in high school.”

“Shepard: I wear a lot of hats, Mr. Vargas. Some days I shut down criminals. Some days I defuse nukes. Some days I like to enjoy private vices. You understand me?”

“It's a rush you can't deny / A little violence is the ultimate drug / Let's get high / You've been powerless to your vices / Self-control defies you”

“I should not be left to my own devices / they come with prices and vices / I end up in crisis / Tale as old as time”

“So a horse with say, navicular disease, making him suitable only for light hacking, would probably be unsound, whereas rearing would be a vice, being a "defect in the temper... making it dangerous". A vice can however render a horse unsound - possibly a crib biter will damage its wind.”

“Fang. If I but fiſt him once: if he come but within my Vice.”

“c. 1850s-1870s, Edward Minister and Son, The Gazette of Fashion and Cutting-Room Companion The health of the Vice was proposed in appropriate language; in replying, Mr. Marriott thanked the company […]”

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