Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US black) to steal without concealment or regard for the consequence, to break the law in a contemptuous manner.

1960

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1974

1960		C. Cooper Jr Scene (1996) 153: Me and some more guys was raifieldin a radio shop and got caught.
1965		H. Williamson Hustler 196: I had been doin’ what they call ‘ray feelin’.’ This is where you don’t plan what you’re goin’ a do, you just go out and catch whatever you can. You take more chances than you should, too.
1974		V.E. Smith Jones Men 6: Joe used to rayfield a chump bag dude too.