vice

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Bad or immoral behavior, or a bad habit.

   Gambling was his only real vice.

2. 2
   noun

   Criminal activities involving things such as drugs and prostitution.

   The police set up a unit to tackle vice in the city.

3. 3
   adj

   Ranking just below another person in authority; deputy.

   She was elected vice president of the club.

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

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