Vice

What it means

1. (noun) A bad habit. “Gluttony is a vice, not a virtue.”
2. (noun) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs.
3. (noun) 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. (noun) A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise).
5. (noun) A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
6. (noun) A grip or grasp.
7. (noun) A winding or spiral staircase.
8. (verb) To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
9. (noun) One who acts in place of a superior.
10. (adjective) In place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
11. (preposition) Instead of, in place of “A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.”

Letter analysis

• Vice contains 4 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 2 consonant(s).
• It uses 4 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 1.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 9.

Sub-words

• ice
• vie

Related words

Other 4-letter words

• abbr
• abed
• abet
• able
• ably
• abut
• acct
• aced
• aces
• ache
• achy
• acid
• acme
• acne
• acre
• acts
• adds
• advt

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Words starting with VIC

• vicar
• vicarage
• vicarages
• vicarious
• vicariously
• vicars
• viced
• viceroy
• viceroys
• vices
• vichyssoise
• vicing
• vicinity
• vicious
• viciously
• viciousness
• vicissitude
• vicissitudes

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Words ending with ICE

• accomplice
• advice
• allspice
• apprentice
• armistice
• artifice
• auspice
• avarice
• benefice
• bodice
• caprice
• chalice
• choice
• cicatrice
• coppice
• cornice
• cowardice
• crevice

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