Rifle

v. t.	1.	To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off. [imp. & p. p. Rifled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rifling .] Till time shall rifle every youthful grace. - Pope.
	2.	To strip; to rob; to pillage. Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye: If not, we'll make you sit and rifle you. - Shak.
	3.	To raffle.
v. i.	1.	To raffle.
	2.	To commit robbery.
n.	1.	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 As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.
	2.	(Mil.) A body of soldiers armed with rifles.
	3.	A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes. Rifle pit (Mil.) a trench for sheltering sharpshooters.
v. t.	1.	To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon.
	2.	To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3.

Noun	1.	rifle - a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"
Verb	1.	rifle - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" Synonyms: despoil, foray, pillage, ransack, reave, loot, plunder, strip
	2.	rifle - go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?" Synonyms: go

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