rifle through

idiom

: to search through something quickly and carelessly often in order to take or steal something

He rifled through the papers on his desk.

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In the second incident, in September, a Secret Service agent saw a man hiding in the bushes and pointing a rifle through a fence at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach while Trump was playing there. —

Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025 Advertisement Prosecutors say Routh methodically plotted to kill Trump for weeks before aiming a rifle through the shrubbery as Trump played golf at his West Palm Beach country club on Sept. 15. —

Kate Payne, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024 What happened: Authorities said a man stuck the barrel of a rifle through the fence at the edge of the golf course while the former president was golfing. —

Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024 Authorities said Routh, who had a GoPro camera and two backpacks, shoved the muzzle of his rifle through a chain-link fence and may have been aiming at the president when agents fired at him. —

Stepheny Price, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rifle through