vice; addiction; habit
1. A habitual or compulsive engagement in an activity, often harmful or immoral
Smoking is a vice that is hard to break.
Fumar é um vício difícil de abandonar.
2. An addiction to a substance or behavior
He struggled with his addiction to gambling.
Ele lutava contra seu vício em jogos de azar.
3. A defect, flaw, or fault in character or in something physical
The old painting had a defect in its frame.
A pintura antiga tinha um vício em sua moldura.
4. In legal terms, a procedural defect that invalidates a document or action
The contract was annulled due to a formal defect.
O contrato foi anulado devido a um vício de forma.
NYC Slang
habit; addiction
Related Idioms & Phrases
ter o vício de - to have the habit of
viciar em - to become addicted to
vício de forma - formal defect (legal term)
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