Vice
Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪs/
Vice (noun)
- a bad habit or behavior that is considered immoral or harmful.
- a tool with two flat parts that hold an object tightly while you work on it.
- a person who acts as a deputy or assistant to someone in a higher position.
Examples
- Smoking is a vice that many struggle to quit.
- Gambling can become a dangerous vice if unchecked.
Common collocations: overcome a vice, develop a vice, common vice, tighten the vice, release the vice