rifle

About 7.52 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.
2. noun A rifleman.
3. noun An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
4. noun A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
5. verb To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing).

   She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.

6. verb To commit robbery or theft.
7. verb To search with intent to steal.
8. verb To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.

Similar words

strip foray reave ransack pillage plunder loot despoil go gun

Often followed by

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Word family

rifled rifler riflers rifles rifling