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   vice

   /vʌɪs/

   noun

   • 1. immoral or wicked behaviour: "an open sewer of vice and crime" Similar immoralitywrongdoingwrongwickednessbadnessevil-doingeviliniquityvillainyvenalityimpuritycorruptioncorruptnessmisconductsinsinfulnessungodlinessgodlessnessunholinessunrighteousnessprofanitydepravitydegeneracyturpitudesordidityperversionpervertednessdissolutiondissipationdebaucherydecadencelasciviousnesslewdnesslecherylecherousnessdegradationcrimetransgressionoffenceimmoral actevil actact of wickednessfall from gracearchaic:trespassrare:peccabilitypeccancyOpposite virtuerighteousness
   • ▪ criminal activities involving prostitution, pornography, or drugs: "a mobile phone network is being used to peddle vice" Similar immoralitywrongdoingwrongwickednessbadnessevil-doingeviliniquityvillainyvenalityimpuritycorruptioncorruptnessmisconductsinsinfulnessungodlinessgodlessnessunholinessunrighteousnessprofanitydepravitydegeneracyturpitudesordidityperversionpervertednessdissolutiondissipationdebaucherydecadencelasciviousnesslewdnesslecherylecherousnessdegradationcrimetransgressionoffenceimmoral actevil actact of wickednessfall from gracearchaic:trespassrare:peccabilitypeccancyOpposite virtuerighteousness
   • ▪ an immoral or wicked personal characteristic: "hypocrisy is a particularly sinister vice"
   • ▪ a weakness of character or behaviour; a bad habit: "cigars happen to be my father's vice" Similar shortcomingfailingflawfaultdefectweaknessweak pointdeficiencylimitationimperfectionblemishfoiblefallibilityfrailtyinfirmityOpposite virtuestrong point
   • ▪ a bad or neurotic habit of stabled horses, typically arising as a result of boredom.

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin vitium.

   Derivatives

   • 1. viceless adjective

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   What is a vice in police?

   • A vice is a moral failing or a bad habit. Lying and cheating are both forms of vice. In the United States, municipal police departments often have a bureau dedicated to vice, manned by vice cops, whose job it is to fight crime related to alcohol, drugs, and gambling.

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   What does vice mean?

   • VICE definition: 1. used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions…. Learn more.

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   What is a vice in a sentence?

   • A viceis a habit that is regarded as a weakness in someone's character, but not usually as a serious fault. His only vice is to get drunk on champagne after concluding a successful piece of business. 2. uncountable noun Vicerefers to criminal activities, especially those connected with pornography or prostitution.

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   What is the plural of Vice?

   • Word forms: pluralvices 1. countable noun A viceis a habit that is regarded as a weakness in someone's character, but not usually as a serious fault. His only vice is to get drunk on champagne after concluding a successful piece of business.

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   What is a bad vice?

   • [uncountable, countable] evil or immoral behavior; an evil or immoral quality in someone's character The film ended most satisfactorily: vice punished and virtue rewarded. Greed is a terrible vice. (humorous) Cigarettes are my only vice. Definition of vice noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.

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   What is a vice in the Bible?

   • These biblical verses cover the vices of boastfulness and pride, miserliness, and hypocrisy. In the Christian religion there are numerous instances of sudden conversions from a life of vice to one of virtue. sexual immorality, especially prostitution. a particular form of depravity. a minor vice in his literary style.

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