Definition of vice Vice

/vajˈs/ - [vays] - vi•ce

We found 18 definitions of vice from 6 different sources.

What does vice mean?

Noun Plural: vices
vice - a specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community"
		evildoing, transgression the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
		gambling, gaming, play the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table"
vice - moral weakness
		frailty

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vice (Noun)
A bad habit.
vice (Noun)
Any of various crimes related depending on jurisdiction to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs.
vice (Noun)
A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding also spelled vise.
vice (Adjective)
in place of ; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank.

vice (n.)
A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse.
vice (n.)
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.
vice (n.)
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.
vice (n.)
A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as Vise.
vice (n.)
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
vice (n.)
A gripe or grasp.
vice (v. t.)
To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
vice (prep.)
In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.
vice (prep.)
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.

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vice in sign language