Vice (Noun)
Meaning 1
A specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The city's mayor vowed to crack down on the vice of prostitution that had taken over the downtown area.
- The corrupt politician's vice of embezzlement was finally exposed after a lengthy investigation.
- The community rallied together to combat the vice of racism that had been plaguing their town for years.
- The preacher spoke out against the vice of greed that had consumed many of the wealthy business leaders in the city.
- The new law aimed to curb the vice of drunk driving by imposing stricter penalties on offenders.