rifle
noun
1. a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
- he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired
verb
1. steal goods; take as spoils
Similar word(s): despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, strip
Definition categories: possession, take
2. go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
- Who rifled through my desk drawers?
Similar word(s): go
Definition categories: contact, search
Sentences with rifle as a verb:
- She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.