vice¹ or (N American) vise /vīs/

1. A tool with movable jaws for gripping an object that is being worked on
2. A grip (Shakespeare)
3. A screw (obsolete)
4. A winding stair or its newel (obsolete)

To grip, force, jam or strain as with a vice

viceˈlike adjective

vice² /vīs/

1. A blemish or fault
2. Immorality, depravity
3. An immoral habit
4. A bad trick or habit, eg in a horse
5. (with cap) the personification of a vice in a morality play, usu a farcical part (historical)
6. Hence, a buffoon (historical)

viceˈless adjective

vice ring noun

A number of criminals acting together in running prostitution, etc

vice squad noun

A police squad whose task is to see that the laws dealing with gambling, prostitution, etc, are observed

vice³ /vīˈsi, vīˈsē or vīs/

1. In place of
2. In succession to

1. Place, stead (rare)
2. Short for vice-president, vice-chancellor, etc below (informal)

In place of

vice-adˈmiral noun

A navy officer ranking next under an admiral

vice-adˈmiralty noun

The office or jurisdiction of a vice-admiral

vice-chairˈ noun

A vice-chairman or vice-chairwoman

vice-chairˈman or vice-chairˈwoman noun

A deputy chairman

vice-chairˈmanship noun

vice-chamˈberlain noun

The Lord Chamberlain's deputy and assistant

vice-chanˈcellor noun

1. A person acting for a chancellor
2. (in certain British universities) the head of administration, the chancellor being titular head only

vice-chanˈcellorship noun

vice-conˈsul noun

1. A consul's deputy
2. An official who acts as consul in a less important district

vice-conˈsulate noun

vice-conˈsulship noun

vice-countˈy noun

Part of a county divided for the purposes of recording plant species found in it

viceˈ-dean noun

A canon chosen to represent an absent dean

vicegerency /-jerˈ or -jērˈən-si/ noun

vicegerent /-jerˈ or -jērˈ/ adjective

(L vicem gerēns, -entis wielding office) acting in place of another, having delegated authority

noun

A person ruling or acting in place of a superior

vice-govˈernor noun

Deputy governor

viceˈ-king noun

A person who acts in place of a king

vice-marˈshal noun same as air vice-marshal

vice-presˈidency noun

vice-presˈident noun

1. A president's deputy or assistant
2. An officer next below the president (abbrev VP)

vice-presidenˈtial adjective

vice-princˈipal noun

Assistant principal

viceˈ-queen noun

1. A female viceroy
2. A viceroy's wife, vicereine

vice-reˈgal adjective

1. Of a viceroy
2. Of a governor-general (Aust, NZ)

vicereˈgent noun

1. Properly, a substitute for a regent
2. Often used mistakenly for vicegerent

vicereine /vīs-renˈ or -rānˈ/ noun

1. A viceroy's wife
2. A female viceroy (rare)

viceˈroy noun

A governor acting in the name of the sovereign

viceroyˈalty or viceˈroyship noun

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