From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rifle
n 1: a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore;
"he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"
v 1: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn:
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle,
ransack, pillage, foray]
2: go through in search of something; search through someone's
belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my
desk drawers?" [syn: rifle, go]