waylay

• Verbo usado para designar a ação de esperar e abordar alguém de surpresa, especialmente com a intenção de atacar, assaltar ou interceptar para conversar.

A verb used to indicate the act of waiting for and stopping someone, especially to attack or rob them, or to intercept them for conversation.

1. Ambush or interceptC1formal

   To wait in hiding to attack or intercept someone, often with the intent to rob, question, or harm.

   Emboscar

   • The bandits waylaid the travelers on the mountain pass.
   • She was waylaid by reporters as she left the courthouse.
   • The soldiers waylaid the enemy convoy in the forest.

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