rifle

1. v. t. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off. Source: opted

2. v. t. To strip; to rob; to pillage. Source: opted

3. v. t. To raffle. Source: opted

4. v. i. To raffle. Source: opted

5. v. i. To commit robbery. Source: opted

6. n. 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 As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.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: opted

7. n. A body of soldiers armed with rifles. Source: opted

8. n. A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes. Source: opted

9. v. t. To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon. Source: opted

10. v. t. To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3. Source: opted

11. n. a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore Source: wordnet

12. v. steal goods; take as spoils Source: wordnet

13. v. go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way Source: wordnet

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