rifle

transitive verb rifled, rifling

1. to cut spiral grooves on the inside of (a gun barrel, etc.)
2. ☆ to hurl or throw with great speed

noun

1. 1. ☆ a gun, fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves cut into the inner surface of the barrel
   2. a rifled artillery piece
2. troops armed with rifles

transitive verb rifled, rifling

1. 1. to ransack and rob (a place); pillage; plunder
   2. Now Rare to search and rob (a person)
2. to take as plunder; steal