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Definition of vice-ridden in English: vice-riddenadjective 1(of a place) having a high incidence of activity involving prostitution, pornography, or drugs. a vice-ridden hub for violent suburban youths Example sentencesExamples - Thousands of young people from some of the Mexican capital's toughest vice-ridden neighborhoods have recently begun making monthly pilgrimages to San Hipólito Church.
- Their open soliciting had earned London the reputation, admitted even by the government, of being one of the most viceridden cities in the world.
- During her time in the vice-ridden West End and Soho of the 1950s, she weathered her fair share of violent confrontations.
- The need to escape the overcrowded and vice-ridden "Tenderloin" district prompted many ambitious black families to seek accommodations in Harlem.
- A thinly disguised autobiography, it tears into British society, examining class, religion, loveless families, and vice-ridden public schools.
- This new movie lifts the lid on the murky, back-stabbing, vice-ridden world of the movie agent.
Synonyms sinful, ungodly, unholy, irreligious, unrighteous, profane, blasphemous, impious, impure - 1.1 (of a person) engaging in immoral or dissolute behaviour.
the present generation of college students is more studious and less vice-ridden Example sentencesExamples - In her opinion the young people he would come in contact with were vice-ridden and ill-educated.
- The Catholics who settled later were held to be poor, illiterate, vice-ridden, and in thrall to their priests.
- Like other vice-ridden players of his time, he was also very good at snooker.
- The film had a good-and-evil battle of biblical proportions raging inside one desperate man, a vice-ridden, junkie cop.
- Late-night casinos are still considered by many as a hang-out for vice-ridden ne'er-do-wells.
Synonyms corrupt, decadent, dissolute, dissipated, debauched, rakish, reprobate, profligate, depraved, perverted, despicable, base, wicked, sinful, ungodly
Definition of vice-ridden in US English: vice-riddenadjectiveˈvīsˌridn 1(of a place) having a high incidence of activity involving prostitution, pornography, or drugs. a vice-ridden hub for violent suburban youths Example sentencesExamples - This new movie lifts the lid on the murky, back-stabbing, vice-ridden world of the movie agent.
- Thousands of young people from some of the Mexican capital's toughest vice-ridden neighborhoods have recently begun making monthly pilgrimages to San Hipólito Church.
- During her time in the vice-ridden West End and Soho of the 1950s, she weathered her fair share of violent confrontations.
- A thinly disguised autobiography, it tears into British society, examining class, religion, loveless families, and vice-ridden public schools.
- Their open soliciting had earned London the reputation, admitted even by the government, of being one of the most viceridden cities in the world.
- The need to escape the overcrowded and vice-ridden "Tenderloin" district prompted many ambitious black families to seek accommodations in Harlem.
Synonyms sinful, ungodly, unholy, irreligious, unrighteous, profane, blasphemous, impious, impure - 1.1 (of a person) engaging in immoral or dissolute behavior.
the present generation of college students is more studious and less vice-ridden Example sentencesExamples - The film had a good-and-evil battle of biblical proportions raging inside one desperate man, a vice-ridden, junkie cop.
- In her opinion the young people he would come in contact with were vice-ridden and ill-educated.
- Late-night casinos are still considered by many as a hang-out for vice-ridden ne'er-do-wells.
- Like other vice-ridden players of his time, he was also very good at snooker.
- The Catholics who settled later were held to be poor, illiterate, vice-ridden, and in thrall to their priests.
Synonyms corrupt, decadent, dissolute, dissipated, debauched, rakish, reprobate, profligate, depraved, perverted, despicable, base, wicked, sinful, ungodly
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