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Meanings of waylay in inglés

portugués
emboscar
catalán
amagar-se

Wait in hiding to attack.

      emboscar
      Usage of waylay in inglés
      1
      We were to lurk in ambush there, and waylay an unwary traveller.
      The Story of the Treasure Seekers / Being the Adventures of the ...
      2
      Gangs hung about seemingly ready to waylay anyone who appeared relatively defenceless.
      Assail
      3
      He was going to waylay me and kill me on the trail.
      Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land
      4
      They began to waylay and butcher white men and women and children.
      Pioneers of the Old South: A Chronicle of English Colonial Begin...
      5
      He suspected a plot to waylay me, too late to warn me.
      Round Anvil Rock: A Romance
      6
      I don't propose to rob the specie train, or to waylay travellers.
      The Gold Hunters' Adventures; Or, Life in Australia
      7
      The people he'd forced outside were starting to waylay merchant carts and caravans.
      The evolutionary void
      8
      The idea had been to waylay her before she joined Vane.
      Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
      9
      If she could waylay Alicia as she came in, so much the better.
      Jane Allen, Right Guard
      10
      The little house was quiet and dark with no one to waylay them.
      A Little Girl in Old Detroit
      11
      So he managed to waylay Mrs. Stanbury before she descended to the parlour.
      He Knew He Was Right
      12
      The BDOs have yet to waylay a single terrorist, visibly anxious or not.
      Wired
      13
      He might have just been a lone highwayman, hoping to waylay unsuspecting merchants.
      The Lair of Bones
      14
      One shop promises to waylay passers by and teach them how to knit.
      The Guardian
      15
      Then Mohammed Shafi'a threatens to waylay and to beat the Haji.
      Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volu...
      16
      Do you want me to go out into the streets and waylay boys?
      Democracy, an American novel
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