Waylaid
/ˌweɪˈleɪd/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of waylay form-of, participle, past
"I have a jest to execute that I cannot manage alone. Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those men that we have already 'waylaid – yourself and I will not be there. And when they have the booty, if you and I do not rob them – cut this head off from my shoulders."
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More examples"He was waylaid by a band of guerrillas."