vice

vice
vice 1 /'vīs/ n
1: a moral fault or failing
3: immoral activity (as prostitution)
vice 2 /'vīs, 'vī-sē/ prep [Latin, ablative of vic- place, turn]: in the place of
I will preside, vice the absent chairman; also: rather than

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

vice
I noun atrocity, bad habit, blemish, corruption, debauchery, defect, deficiency, degeneracy, delinquency, depravation, depravity, dereliction, dissipation, dissoluteness, evil, excess, failing, failure, fault, flaw, foible, fraility, immoral habit, immorality, imperfection, impurity, inadequacy, incontinence, indecency, indulgence, infamy, infirmity, iniquity, lack, lewdness, libertinism, licentiousness, looseness, mar, maleficence, malignance, misconduct, misdeed, obliquity, outrage, perversion, profligacy, shortcoming, sin, sinfulness, transgression, turpitude, unchastity, vileness, wantonness, weak point, weakness, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing II index bad repute, flaw, foible, guilt, mens rea, mischief, misdoing, sodomy, wrong

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


vice
n.
Immorality; bad behavior; a bad habit.
prefix.
Next in rank; a deputy for someone else, such as a vice president.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


vice
A fault, flaw, defect, or imperfection. Immoral conduct, practice, or habit.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


vice
A fault, flaw, defect, or imperfection. Immoral conduct, practice, or habit.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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