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rifle

/ˈɹaɪfəl/noun, verb2 syllables

Rifle means: steal goods; take as spoils.

Synonyms for rifle10

verb, as in steal goods; take as spoils

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

verb, as in go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way

go

also used for rifle

riffle

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What does rifle mean?3

verb

1

steal goods; take as spoils“During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners”

2

go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way“Who rifled through my desk drawers?”

noun

1

a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore“he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with rifle?1

two syllables

stifle
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Rifle in a sentence

  • This is a great rifle to snipe with, if you can handle the recoil.sabretou
  • A poor rifle, here it is: short barrel, huge trigger.AmarMecheri
  • Armed with assault rifles, they took more than thirty hostages.Amastan
  • This game has no sniper rifles, so you can't snipe in it.sabretou
  • We went to war, flowers in our rifles!rul
  • A rifle shot broke the peace of the early morning.CM
  • Yanni poked at the dead bear with his rifle.Amastan
  • The soldier refused to fire his rifle at the enemy.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of rifle

as a noun

plural
rifles

as a verb

past tense
rifled
present participle
rifling
third-person singular
rifles
past participle
rifled