vice

About 24.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Bad or immoral behaviour. (Especially often, a habit that harms oneself or others)

   Pride is a vice, not a virtue.

2. noun Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
3. noun Clipping of vice squad.
4. 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.
5. noun Alternative spelling of vise (“mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping”).
6. noun A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
7. noun A winding or spiral staircase.
8. noun A grip or grasp.

Similar words

frailty immorality evil fault defect deficiency error obscene slander obscenity

Often followed by

president versa and of chairman presidents admiral in is

Word family

Vice Vices viced vices vicing vise