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by vice of

by vice of preposition: because of (something unfavorable, immoral, negative, etc.).

Preposition

by vice of

  1. (idiomatic, nonstandard, rare) Because of (something unfavorable, immoral, negative, etc.)

Origin of by vice of

By analogy with by virtue of.

Questions about by vice of

What does by vice of mean?
By vice of means because of (something unfavorable, immoral, negative, etc.).
What part of speech is by vice of?
By vice of is a preposition.

Words near by vice of in the dictionary

  1. by their fruits you will know them
  2. by thunder
  3. by Toutatis
  4. by trade
  5. by turns
  6. by vice of
  7. by virtue of
  8. by way of
  9. by way of example
  10. by wire
  11. by your leave

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