vice
Prefix for president
As a noun, vice always describes a behavior that is considered either immoral or that is illegal: His vice is gambling.
Labeling a behavior as a vice implies that the person engaging in that behavior is weak in character.
Vice- combines with titles (vice-president, vice-admiral) to convey that the person is next in rank or substitutes for the person with the primary title. As a preposition, vice is borrowed from Latin, has the meaning of instead of, and is used only in academic writing.
Quality of being wicked
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- sinfulnessMoral depravity condition
transgression · wrongdoing · evil · degeneracy · turpitude · profligacy · debauchery · licentiousness
Yielding to desire
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- guilty pleasureEnjoyment tinged with shame
- soft spotEmotional vulnerability or fondness
- failingFlaw in one's nature
foible · peccadillo · predilection · proclivity · susceptibility · chocolate · shopping · impulse
Corrupt payment for influence
- graftIllicit political gain
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
nepotism · racketeering · extortion · malfeasance · profiteering · sleaze · scandal · collusion
State of needing support
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- substancePhysical material with mass
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- habitSettled regular tendency
alcoholism · gambling · smoking · narcotics · opioids · stimulants · withdrawal · rehabilitation
Secure manual hold
- benchShared seating surface
- workbenchCraftsman's heavy-duty surface
- jawBone holding teeth
- tightenMake more secure
secure · fasten · hold · clamp · metalwork · woodwork · machinist · mechanical
Elected leader of nation
- admiralSenior naval commander
- chancellorSenior administrative official
- chairmanHead of a board
- principalChief school administrator
regent · consul · mayor · captain · second-in-command · deputy · subordinate
Civil law enforcement
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- prostitutionCommercial sexual services
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- raidSudden armed incursion
undercover · sting · detective · investigation · morality · crackdown · bust · arrest
immorality
Quality of being wicked
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- depravityProfound moral corruption
sinfulness · transgression · wrongdoing · evil · degeneracy · turpitude · profligacy · debauchery · licentiousness · dissipation
indulgence
Yielding to desire
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- guilty pleasureEnjoyment tinged with shame
- soft spotEmotional vulnerability or fondness
failing · foible · peccadillo · predilection · proclivity · susceptibility · chocolate · shopping · impulse · treat
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
- graftIllicit political gain
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
cronyism · nepotism · racketeering · extortion · malfeasance · profiteering · sleaze · scandal · collusion · fraud
dependency
State of needing support
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- substancePhysical material with mass
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
habit · alcoholism · gambling · smoking · narcotics · opioids · stimulants · withdrawal · rehabilitation · relapse
grip
Secure manual hold
tighten · secure · fasten · hold · clamp · metalwork · woodwork · machinist · mechanical · workshop
president
Elected leader of nation
- admiralSenior naval commander
- chancellorSenior administrative official
- chairmanHead of a board
principal · regent · consul · mayor · captain · second-in-command · deputy · subordinate
police
Civil law enforcement
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- prostitutionCommercial sexual services
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
raid · undercover · sting · detective · investigation · morality · crackdown · bust · arrest · surveillance
- woodworkingwoodworking, wood, saw, hammer, drill
- gripping toolspliers, forceps, combination pliers, clamp, clamps
- immoralitywickedness, depravity, sinfulness, iniquity, debauchery
- sinoriginal sin, mortal sin, venial sin, deadly sins, seven deadly sins
- sinsgreed, lust, gluttony, deadly sin, sloth
- vice lawssodomy laws, obscenity laws, blue laws, adultery laws, indecency laws
- vice versaIn reverse order also
- vice presidentSecond-ranking executive officer
- vicious cycleSelf-perpetuating harmful pattern
- vice principalSchool administrator's deputy
- vicious circleSelf-reinforcing negative loop
- vice chairpersonSecond-ranking committee officer
vicious, vices, vicar, vicarious, viceroy, vicariously, vicelike, viceless, viceroyalty