Definitions
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- adjective Opposing or countering
vice (sinful behaviour).
Etymologies
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anti- + vice
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Examples
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In Philadelphia in 1790, the Association of the District of Southwark for the Suppression of Vice and Immorality was the first of many antivice organizations to be established in the early years of the republic.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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A devout Muslim clan leader, he says he wants to bring Islamist antivice squads to his home province.
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Earlier this year, Islamic radicals occupied Islamabad's Red Mosque compound, sending out antivice patrols into the streets of the capital.
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