Definition of "waylaying" []

• Present participle of waylay. (verb)

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• "The sport to him, was in waylaying the successful robbers and taking their spoils from them."
• "Although we had stocked the cooler to provide for culinary contingencies, such precautions were not essential in waylaying hunger pangs."
• "Then the idea of waylaying the pair in the forest had occurred to him."