shifta

As a noun shifta

is bandits. Shiftas normally stayed in the lawless rural mountainous regions. Historically, they were known for robbing or killing those who were caught traveling between populated villages or cities, and also for stealing cattle and raiding small villages.

As an adjective shifty is

having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable; such as someone with shifty eyes.

As nouns the difference between shift and shifta

is that shift is a type of women's undergarment, a slip while shifta is bandits. Shiftas normally stayed in the lawless rural mountainous regions. Historically, they were known for robbing or killing those who were caught traveling between populated villages or cities, and also for stealing cattle and raiding small villages.

As a verb shift

is to change, swap.

As nouns the difference between shifts and shifta

is that shifts is plural of shift while shifta is bandits. Shiftas normally stayed in the lawless rural mountainous regions. Historically, they were known for robbing or killing those who were caught traveling between populated villages or cities, and also for stealing cattle and raiding small villages.

As a verb shifts

is third-person singular of shift.