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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] vitium fault, vice

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] vitium fault, vice

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 a : [[moral]] depravity or corruption : wickedness  

*1 a : [[moral]] depravity or corruption : wickedness  

'''Vice''' is a [[practice]] or a [[habit]] considered immoral, depraved, and/or degrading in the [[associated]] [[society]]. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a [[defect]], an infirmity or merely a bad [[habit]]. Synonyms for vice include fault, depravity, [[sin]], [[iniquity]], wickedness and corruption. The [[modern]] [[English]] term that best captures its [[original]] [[meaning]] is the word vicious, which means "full of vice". In this sense, the [[word]] ''vice'' comes from the [[Latin]] word vitium, meaning "failing or defect". Vice is the [[opposite]] of [[virtue]].

'''Vice''' is a [[practice]] or a [[habit]] considered immoral, depraved, and/or degrading in the [[associated]] [[society]]. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a [[defect]], an infirmity or merely a bad [[habit]]. Synonyms for vice include fault, depravity, [[sin]], [[iniquity]], wickedness and corruption. The [[modern]] [[English]] term that best captures its [[original]] [[meaning]] is the word vicious, which means "full of vice". In this sense, the [[word]] ''vice'' comes from the [[Latin]] word vitium, meaning "failing or defect". Vice is the [[opposite]] of [[virtue]].

In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom] the term vice is commonly used in [[law]] and law enforcement to refer to [[criminal]] offenses related to [[prostitution]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling gambling], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography pornography]. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States] the term is also used to refer to [[crimes]] related to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol alcohol] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcotics narcotics]. The precise legality or illegality of such acts is dependent on the [[jurisdiction]]. Other similar types of [[acts]] perceived as immoral or obscene may be classified as vice by law enforcement as well.

In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom] the term vice is commonly used in [[law]] and law enforcement to refer to [[criminal]] offenses related to [[prostitution]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling gambling], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography pornography]. In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States] the term is also used to refer to [[crimes]] related to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol alcohol] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcotics narcotics]. The precise legality or illegality of such acts is dependent on the [[jurisdiction]]. Other similar types of [[acts]] perceived as immoral or obscene may be classified as vice by law enforcement as well.

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.literalmagazine.com/es/archive-L14.php A bilingual Magazine dedicated to Vices and Addictions]

*[https://www.literalmagazine.com/es/archive-L14.php A bilingual Magazine dedicated to Vices and Addictions]

[[Category: Law]]

[[Category: Law]]