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English to English noun
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a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore |  | Example: he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired
source: wordnet30
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A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket. | | source: webster1913 verb
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steal goods; take as spoils | | Example: During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
source: wordnet30
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go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way | | Example: Who rifled through my desk drawers?
source: wordnet30
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To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off. | | source: webster1913
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To raffle. | | source: webster1913
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To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon. | | source: webster1913
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