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Waylay meaning
To lie in wait for and attack from ambush. | To accost or intercept unexpectedly.
Example sentences (4)
Another has it that Betty Mundy lived in a cottage there and that she would waylay discharged sailors walking along the Sailor's Lane, murdering them for their wages or leading them to a press gang.
Could council’s IT glitch waylay the Aberdeen bus gate vote?
The Patriotic Front surveillance at the Church allegedly found UPND thugs being offloaded from 3 mini-buses that were preparing to waylay the motor vehicle convoy of the former President.
A legal hearing which could waylay the construction of a new £50 million Dons stadium has commenced in Edinburgh this morning.