Meaning

7 senses
  1. Bad or immoral behaviour. (Especially often, a habit that harms oneself or others)

    Pride is a vice, not a virtue.

    Smoking was a vice Sally picked up in high school.

    Laster, Lasterhaftigkeit, Untugend

    поро́кporók

    нецно́таnecnóta, ва́даváda, ґанджgandž

  2. Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.

    Sittenvergehen, Sittlichkeitsdelikt, Sittlichkeitsverbrechen

    поро́кporók

  3. A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.

  4. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.

  5. A winding or spiral staircase.

  6. One who acts in place of a superior.

  7. (obsolete)A grip or grasp.

More definitions
  • a specific form of evildoing
  • moral weakness
  • a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place

Examples

150 sentences
  1. Tom said he had no vices.

    Том сказав, що не має недоліків.

    ruТом сказал, что у него нет недостатков.

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  2. Tom said that he had no vices.

    Том сказав, що не має недоліків.

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  3. Everybody knows that he likes her and vice versa.

    Усі знають, що вона йому подобається, і навпаки.

    ruВсем известно, что она ему нравится, и наоборот.

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  4. It isn't a vice.

    ruЭто не порок.

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  5. Tom says he has no vices.

    deTom sagt, er hat keine Laster.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
bad habit:
Русский
By meaning 1
bad habit:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
bad habit:
crime related to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs:

Origin

From Latin vice (“in place of”), ablative form of vicis. Compare French fois (“time”) an

From Latin vice (“in place of”), ablative form of vicis. Compare French fois (“time”) and Spanish vez (“time, turn”).

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