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1. A holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
   - vise [US], bench vise [US], bench vice
    
2. Moral weakness
   - frailty
    
3. A specific form of evildoing
   "vice offends the moral standards of the community"

1. In place of

Sounds like: vise

Derived forms: vices

See also: vicious

Type of: evil, evildoing, evilness, holding device, transgression

Encyclopedia: Vice