- lying in ambush
- lying in wait, hiding out and waiting in order to launch a surprise attack
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
lying in ambush
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lying in wait — Lying in ambush; lying hidden or concealed for the purpose of making a sudden and unexpected attack upon a person when he shall arrive at the scene. For purposes of aggravating circumstance, elements necessary to constitute lying in wait are… … Black's law dictionary
lying in wait — Lying in ambush; lying hidden or concealed for the purpose of making a sudden and unexpected attack upon a person when he shall arrive at the scene. For purposes of aggravating circumstance, elements necessary to constitute lying in wait are… … Black's law dictionary
ambush — [[t]æ̱mbʊʃ[/t]] ambushes, ambushing, ambushed 1) VERB If a group of people ambush their enemies, they attack them after hiding and waiting for them. [V n] The Guatemalan army says rebels ambushed and killed 10 patrolmen. Syn: waylay 2) N VAR An… … English dictionary
ambush — vb *surprise, waylay Analogous words: *attack, assault, assail: trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, capture, *catch ambush n Ambush, ambuscade mean a device to entrap an enemy by lying in wait under cover for an opportune moment to make a surprise… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
ambush — [am′boosh΄] n. [OFr embusche < embuschier: see AMBUSH the vt. vi.] 1. a deployment of persons in hiding to make a surprise attack 2. a) the persons in hiding b) their place of hiding 3. the act of so lying in wait to attack … English World dictionary
lying in wait — ly·ing in wait adj: holding oneself in a concealed position to watch and wait for a victim for the purpose of making an unexpected attack and murdering or inflicting bodily injury on the victim Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster … Law dictionary
ambush — [n] lying in wait; concealed position ambuscade, ambushment, camouflage, concealment, deception, hiding, hiding place, lurking, pitfall, shelter, trap, trick*, waiting, waylaying; concepts 86,188 ambush [v] lie in wait; attack ambuscade, assail,… … New thesaurus
ambush — ► NOUN ▪ a surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position. ► VERB ▪ attack in such a way. ORIGIN Old French embusche, from a Latin word meaning to place in a wood ; related to BUSH(Cf. ↑bush) … English terms dictionary
lying in wait — I noun the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise • Syn: ↑ambush, ↑ambuscade, ↑trap • Derivationally related forms: ↑ambuscade (for: ↑ambuscade), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
ambush — ambusher, n. ambushlike, adj. /am boosh/, n. Also, ambushment. 1. an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road. 2. an act or instance of attacking unexpectedly from a concealed… … Universalium
