Rifle
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- to search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
- To scan many items (especially papers) in a set, quickly. (See also riffle[1])
- She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.
- To add a spiral to the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
- To strike something with great power.
- He rifled a shot past the goalkeeper into the goal.
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