Vice - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |vaɪs|  American pronunciation of the word vice
Brit.  |vaɪs|  British pronunciation of the word vice

noun

- moral weakness (syn: frailty)
- a specific form of evildoing
vice offends the moral standards of the community

Extra examples

Such men are prone to vice.

He thought gambling was a vice.

Eating too much is my vice.

The city is a den of filth and vice.

Bound in the vice of the Arctic ice.

The police have smashed a vice ring (=a group of criminals involved in vice) in Chicago.

Smoking is my only vice.

Jealousy is a vice.

He held my arm like a vice.

She was named to replace him as the company's vice president.

Her title is Vice President of Marketing.

The Vice President is on an official trip.

He moved up through the ranks to become vice president of the company.

The CEO's successor used to be the vice president here.

It was a major coup when they got the Vice President to appear on their show for an interview.

Word forms

noun
singular: vice
plural: vices
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