vt. 伏击, 埋伏

[法] 挡路抢劫, 挡路, 挡截

[ verb ]
wait in hiding to attack
<verb.competition> ambuscade ambush bushwhack lie in wait lurk scupper

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.

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.