{i} act of moral corruption; depravity; fault in one's personal character; physical blemish, deformity; sexual immorality (particularly prostitution); bad habit displayed by a domestic animal
A vice is a habit which is regarded as a weakness in someone's character, but not usually as a serious fault. Intellectual pretension was never one of his vices
A two-jawed clamp used to hold tools or work in place Hand vices typically hold smaller tools Bench vices are used to hold stakes for forming
A clamping device usually consisting of two jaws closed or opened by a screw or lever; used to secure a workpiece to the crossslide
a specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community
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
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
A British spelling for a clamping device with adjustable jaws (usually mounted on a workbench) used to grip an object to be worked on The American spelling is "vise " Also see bench vice