vice

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[vʌɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- immoral or wicked behaviour
(e.g: an open sewer of vice and crime)


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Middle English: via Old French from Latin vitium


[ˈvʌɪsiː], (Preposition)

Definitions:
- as a substitute for
(e.g: the letter was drafted by David Hunt, vice Bevin who was ill)


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Origin:
Latin, ablative of vic- ‘change’


[vʌɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a metal tool with movable jaws which are used to hold an object firmly in place while work is done on it, typically attached to a workbench
(e.g: hold the rail in the vice)


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Origin:
Middle English (denoting a screw or winch): from Old French vis, from Latin vitis ‘vine’


[vʌɪs], (Noun)

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