rifler

One who plunders

A rifler is a small, curved file used for working in grooves, recesses, and other tight spaces that larger tools can't reach.

Woodcarvers, sculptors, and metalworkers use riflers to smooth and shape detailed areas: She used a rifler to clean up the folds in the carved drapery.

The curved shapes come in matched pairs that bend in opposite directions.

thief

burglar

One who breaks in

looter · robber · pickpocket · bandit · cat-burglar · snatcher · shoplifter · kleptomaniac · larcenist · swindler

searcher

rummager

One who searches untidily

scrounger · pillager · raider · prowler · intruder · trespasser · snooper · burglar

firearm

musket

Muzzle-loaded infantry firearm

  • barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
  • groovesNarrow carved channels
  • boreTiresome individual or drill

spiral · flintlock · muzzle · carbine · matchlock · arquebus · gunsmith · ammunition · caliber · projectile

Opposites
relationship to property

riflerguardian

Protective caretaker of another

protector · custodian · keeper · caretaker · donor

Phrases
Family

rifle, rifles, rifled, rifleman, rifling, riflemen, riflings

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G