Vice Illustrations
Deputynoun
One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office
‘the deputy of a prince’; ‘The deputy sheriff was promoted after his senior retired’; ‘As the deputy store manager, he is able to fire staff.’;
Vicenoun
A bad habit.
‘Gluttony is a vice, not a virtue.’;
Deputynoun
A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
Vicenoun
(legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs.
Deputynoun
(France): A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif
Vicenoun
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.
Deputynoun
(Ireland): a member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann. (Normally capitalised in both cases)
‘Eamon Ryan is a deputy in the Dáil.’; ‘At today's meeting, Deputy Ryan will speak on local issues.’;
Vicenoun
A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise).
Deputyverb
to deputise
Vicenoun
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
Deputynoun
One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc.
‘There was then [in the days of Jehoshaphat] no king in Edom; a deputy was king.’; ‘God's substitute,His deputy anointed in His sight.’;
Vicenoun
(obsolete) A grip or grasp.
Deputynoun
A member of the Chamber of Deputies.
Vicenoun
(architecture) A winding or spiral staircase.
Deputynoun
someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
Viceverb
To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
Deputynoun
an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
Viceadjective
in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
‘vice president’; ‘vice admiral’;
Deputynoun
a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)
Vicepreposition
instead of, in place of
‘A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.’;
Deputynoun
a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
Vicenoun
A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse.
‘Withouten vice of syllable or letter.’; ‘Mark the vice of the procedure.’;
Vicenoun
A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance.
‘I do confess the vices of my blood.’; ‘Ungoverned appetite . . . a brutish vice.’; ‘When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway,The post of honor is a private station.’;
Vicenoun
The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; - called also Iniquity.
‘How like you the Vice in the play? . . . I would not give a rush for a Vice that has not a wooden dagger to snap at everybody.’;
Vicenoun
A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as Vise.
Vicenoun
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
Vicenoun
A gripe or grasp.
Viceverb
To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
‘The coachman's hand was viced between his upper and lower thigh.’;
Vicepreposition
In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.
Viceadjective
Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc.
Vicenoun
moral weakness
Vicenoun
a specific form of evildoing;
‘vice offends the moral standards of the community’;
Vice
A vice is a practice, behaviour, or habit generally considered immoral, sinful, criminal, rude, taboo, depraved, degrading, deviant or perverted in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character trait, a defect, an infirmity, or a bad or unhealthy habit.
