waylaying in English

verb
1
stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way.
he waylaid me on the stairs

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1. Synonyms for Ambuscading include ambushing, surprising, surprizing, waylaying, attacking, bushwhacking, ensnaring, trapping, entrapping and assailing

2. The Clou of the evening was the scene of the waylaying of his lover's coach by Claude Duval on the Newmarket road