Found 3 items, similar to waylay.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: waylay
cegat, mencegat, menghadang, menghentikan, ngadang-adangi
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: waylay
waylay
v : wait in hiding to attack [syn:
ambush,
scupper,
bushwhack,
lurk,
ambuscade,
lie in wait]
[also:
waylaid]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Waylay
Waylay
\Way"lay`\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Waylaid; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Waylaying.] [Way + lay.]
To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way;
especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to
seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush.
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Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those
men that we have already waylaid. --Shak.
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She often contrived to waylay him in his walks. --Sir
W. Scott.
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