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