vice
/vaɪs/ noun B2- Bad or immoral behaviour. (Especially often, a habit that harms oneself or others) · Pride is a vice, not a virtue.· Smoking was a vice Sally picked up in high school.
- Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
- 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.
Plural vices
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I have another set of vices when I’m well, but those are the principal ones at present.”
If ever human features bespoke vice of the most malignant type, they were certainly those of Enoch J.
53; yes, I am vice-president.”
There’s no vice in him.”
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