rifling

[rahy-fling] / ˈraɪ flɪŋ /

VERB

ransack

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rip

STRONG

burglarize burgle despoil grab gut loot pillage plunder rob rummage sack strip take trash waste

WEAK

go through rip off smash and grab tip over

Antonyms

STRONG

build give offer protect receive save

WEAK

order organize

Example Sentences

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Four centuries of riflings have not found all the caches.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pressmen waited for Senator Nye thus challenged to make a hot denial of responsibility for the ransackings and riflings.

From Time Magazine Archive

A tooth, closed in beryl with silver and gilt, appears as a separate item in the Reformation riflings.

From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Marson, Charles L. (Charles Latimer)