Tom caught Mary rifling through his stuff.
Source: tatoeba (10209579)
Rifling
/ˈɹaɪflɪŋ/
Synonyms for "rifling" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
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More general
8 entriesMore specific
8 entriesarchival riflingburglarydrawer riflinghome invasionpolygonal riflingransackingrummagingspiral rifling
Collocations
14 entriesbarrel riflinggun barrel riflingleft handed riflingpolygonal riflingrifled borerifling groovesrifling through a deskrifling through drawersrifling through filesrifling through papersrifling through pocketsright handed riflingspiral riflingtwist rate
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
1 translations across 1 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- rihlaus noun (act or process)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Rifling through a dead man's belongings is ghoulish.
Source: tatoeba (10570127)
Hundreds of officers with salaries, bonuses and state-funded apartments are carrying out ridiculous work: on orders from the very top, they are searching the apartments of ordinary people, going through their personal belongings, photographs, rifling through documents, confiscating computers and other electronics, and then carrying out lengthy interrogations that can last hours.
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