- rifle - a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"
--1 is a kind of firearm, piece, small-arm
--1 has parts: bolt; pump action, slide action; rifle butt
--1 has particulars:carbine; Garand rifle, Garand, M-1, M-1 rifle; sniper rifle, precision rifle; Winchester
- plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
--1 is one way to take
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- rifle, go - go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"
--2 is one way to search
Sample sentences:
The men rifle the area for animals
The men rifle for animals in the area