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shifta
shif·ta [ shíftə ] (plural shif·ta or shif·tas)


noun 
Definition:
 
African bandit along roads: in parts of Africa, somebody who commits a robbery, usually of a traveler, on or near a public road
[Mid-20th century. Via Somali shúfto "bandit" < Amharic]
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