Waylay /(?; 277)/

Way·lay

Waylay

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Waylaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Waylaying

  1. 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.
    She often contrived to waylay him in his walks.