Virtue's counterpart (4)

I believe the answer is:

vice

(Other definitions for vice that I've seen before include "Is the gripping tool evil?" , "Wrong" , "Bad habit - it grips" , "Moral weakness" , "Fault - gripping tool" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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