rifle

/ˈɹaɪfəl/ · noun

Meaning

A shouldered firearm with a long, rifled barrel to improve range and accuracy.
(usually plural) A rifleman.
An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing). (See also rifflehttp//verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html)
To commit robbery or theft.
To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
To add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy.

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