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▸ noun: (law) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
▸ noun: A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
▸ noun: A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
▸ noun: (architecture) A winding or spiral staircase.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A grip or grasp.
▸ adjective: in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
▸ noun: One who acts in place of a superior.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: (law enforcement, slang) Clipping of vice squad. [(law enforcement, criminology) A police section specialized in vice crimes.]
▸ noun: (UK) Alternative spelling of vise (“mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping”) [(US) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.]
▸ verb: Alternative spelling of vise (“to hold or squeeze with a vice”) [To clamp with or as with a vise.]
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