Vice

Noun A practice or habit considered to be evil, degrading, or immoral, Prostitution, the sale of illegal drugs, and certain other forms of usually nonviolent criminal behavior, A vice-chairman, vice-president, or other substitute or deputy, the principal or primary officer being indicated by the context, adjective_ Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority, the office of a vice admiral, a court with admiralty jurisdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond the seas, preposition_ instead of, in place of