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  1. 1. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. wait in hiding to attack Source: wordnet
  3. 3. 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. Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those men that we have already waylaid. Shak. She often contrived to waylay him in his walks. Sir W. Scott. Source: webster
  4. 4. 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.Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those men that wehave already waylaid. Shak.She often contrived to waylay him in his walks. Sir W. Scott. Source: adambom
  5. 5. v:100 v wait in hiding to attack Source: ecdict

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