vice

CEFRB2

/vaɪs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A bad habit or immoral behavior.

  2. 02

    noun

    A tool used to hold an object firmly.

Examples

  • At the door were two plain-clothes detectives from the vice squad.

  • Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. Clipping of vice squad.

  3. Bad or immoral behaviour.

More examples

In context

  • The journalist was too upset to distinguish vice from virtue.

  • Pride is a vice, not a virtue.

  • Smoking was a vice Sally picked up in high school.

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Origin

noun

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English vice, from Old French vice, from Latin vitium (“fault or blemish”). Displaced native Old English unþēaw.