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Definition of Shifta

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Shiftable
Shiftable Shift"a*ble, a. Admitting of being shifted.
Unshiftable
Unshiftable Un*shift"a*ble, a. 1. That may ?ot be shifted. 2. Shiftless; helpless. [Obs.]

Meaning of Shifta from wikipedia

- Shifta originally was a word that had a heroic or anti-heroic connotation rather than a villainous character (similar to the historical romanticization...
- The Shifta War or Gaf Daba (1963–1967) was a secessionist conflict in which ethnic Somalis in the Northern Frontier District (NFD) of Kenya attempted to...
- response to the growing number of Shifta ambushes. Also dispatched were additional police and the General Service Unit. The Shifta were lightly loaded and very...
- in a number of conflicts in and around Kenya, including the 1963 – 1969 Shifta War and the 1982 Kenyan coup. The objectives of the General Service Unit...
- his victory at the Battle of Gur Amba (27 September 1852), sometimes as a shifta, or outlaw. Rubenson, Sven (1966). King of Kings: Tewodros of Ethiopia....
- the practice of mislabeling the Somali rebels' ethnically based claims as shifta ("bandit") activity, cordoning off of the NFD as a "scheduled" area, confiscating...
- main target of the shifta was to disrupt the free movement of the UNC in areas controlled by the independence bloc supporters. The shifta attempted to prevent...
- major interstate conflicts including the Ogaden War in Ethiopia and the Shifta War in Kenya. However, following of breakout of the Somali Civil War and...
- motorcycle club Piracy River pirate Robber baron (feudalism) Robber Shanlin Shifta Social banditry, a term invented by Eric Hobsbawm Thug Untouchability Vigilante...
- century. Banditry in Chile Outlaw Cangaço Social bandit Thuggee Piracy Shifta Ghazi (warrior), Bedouin military expeditions in pre-Islamic times Free...