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rifling
1[ rahy-fling ]
noun
- the act or process of cutting spiral grooves in a gun barrel, pipe, etc.
- the system of spiral grooves so cut.
rifling
2[ rahy-fling ]
noun
- the act or process of ransacking or robbing.
rifling
/ ˈɪڱɪŋ /
noun
- the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of a firearm's barrel
- the series of grooves so cut
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All the while, he’s surmising what he might gain by rifling through his associates’ drawers and desks.
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He’d slept in the home of the man who claims to be the new head of the Oath Keepers, rifling through his files in the middle of the night.
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That’s why rifling through an older relative’s clothing is a common ritual – part archaeological dig, part playtime experiment.
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This was meant to put boosters on the near-trillion-tonne berg, rifling it up into the South Atlantic and certain oblivion.
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He did so, but then the neighbour found him rifling through drawers and cupboards for things to steal.
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