vice

Definition

  • noun: bad or immoral behavior or habits
  • noun: moral depravity or corruption
  • Brit spelling of 'vise'
  • synonyms: wickedness, iniquity, sin

Examples

  • She ended up having a lot of influence on his career, and 'vice versa'. [=and he also ended up having a lot of influence on her career]

  • The camera can adjust for a light subject on a dark background, or 'vice versa'. [=or a dark subject on a light background]

  • He was arrested by the 'vice squad'. [=police officers who investigate crimes involving sex or drugs]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) like daggers enter in mine ears - No more, sweet Hamlet - A murderer and a villain A slave that is not the twentieth part the worth of your preceding lord A king of vices, a cutpurse of the empire and the rule... - No more - A king of shreds and patches Save me and hover o'er me with your wings, (..)
    2015 Hamlet