vice 1 /'vīs/ n
1: a moral fault or failing
2: defect
3: immoral activity (as prostitution)
vice 2 /'vīs, 'vī-sē/ prep [Latin, ablative of vic- place, turn]: in the place of
I will preside, vice the absent chairman; also: rather than
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.