RIFLE

• (noun) a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore

  "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"

• (verb) go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way

  "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"

  synonyms : go

• (verb) steal goods; take as spoils

  "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

  synonyms : despoil , foray , loot , pillage , plunder , ransack , reave , strip

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