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verb (used with object), -fled, -fling.
1.
to ransack and rob (a place, receptacle, etc.).
2.
to search and rob (a person).
3.
to plunder or strip bare.
4.
to steal or take away.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English rifel < Old French rifler to scratch, strip, plunder
1325–75; Middle English rifel < Old French rifler to scratch, strip, plunder
Related forms
ri·fler, noun
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is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History
rifle
"to plunder," 1326 (implied in rifling), from O.Fr. rifler "strip, plunder," lit. "to graze, scratch," probably from a Gmc. source (cf. O.E. geriflian "to wrinkle," O.H.G. riffilon "to tear by rubbing," O.N. rifa "to tear, break").
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