Vice vs. Veep

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.

Veep is an American political satire comedy television series that aired on HBO from April 22, 2012, to May 12, 2019. The series was created by Armando Iannucci as an adaptation of his sitcom The Thick of It.

A practice or habit considered to be evil, degrading, or immoral

A vice president.

Wicked or depraved conduct or habits; corruption

The Vice President of the United States; the office of Vice President of the United States, especially during an election cycle where several are in the running for the nomination.

Prostitution, the sale of illegal drugs, and certain other forms of usually nonviolent criminal behavior.

(informal) Any vice president (in a corporation, organization, etc.)

A slight personal failing; a foible

A flaw or imperfection; a defect

Vice A character representing generalized or particular vice in English morality plays.

A jester or buffoon.

Variant of vise.

In place of; replacing

A bad habit.

(legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.

clip of vice squad

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.

(UK) vise

A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.

(architecture) A winding or spiral staircase.

(obsolete) A grip or grasp.

One who acts in place of a superior.

alternative spelling of vise

in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank

(dated) instead of, in place of, versus (sense 2)

A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse.

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.

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.

A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as Vise.

A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.

A gripe or grasp.

To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.

In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.

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.

moral weakness

a specific form of evildoing;