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vice1 [vaɪs] N

1. vice (moral fault):

vice
поро́к m

vice2 [vaɪs] N (tool)

vice-chair [vaɪsˈtʃeə], vice-chairman [vaɪsˈtʃeəmən] N

vice-chancellor [vaɪsˈtʃɑ:ntslə, Am -ˈtʃænt-] N Brit univ

Vice President, vice-president [vaɪsˈprezɪdənt] N

vice squad N

vice versa [ˌvaɪsɪˈvɜ:sə, Am -səˈvɜ:r-] ADV

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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As antidotes to these vices, he suggested, among other things, abstinence, thrift, and enterprise.
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A wrathful deity is often an alternative manifestation of a bodhisattva or other normally peaceful figure, making the representations of all human vices and atrocities.
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Vices such as smoking, immoderate gambling and drinking put a real dent in your finances.
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All the vices - perfidy, avarice, debauchery, ambition, flattery - fought within him for the mastery.
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Vices such as drunkenness, laziness, and promiscuity were all things that were seen as holding the country back.
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She also feels that her vices are things such as laziness, wastefulness, and being too emotional.
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Debt, like certain vices, such as cigarette-smoking, have experienced times when it was considered sinful, and other times fashionable.
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Amplification may refer to exaggeration or to stylistic vices such as figures of excess or superfluity (e.g., hyperbole).
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This is why literature has been stripped of its atavistic roles of being reformatory, builder of morality, curser of vanities and abolisher of vices.
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They are hardy and simple in their habits, generally free from the vices of thieving and debauchery; but credulous, obstinate, and unforgiving.
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