Waylaying

Origin

waylay + -ing

Full definition of waylaying

Verb

1. Present participle of waylay

Noun

1. The act by which somebody is waylaid; an ambush.
• Edgar Allan Poe, The Purloined LetterSuch a man, I considered, could not fail to be aware of the ordinary policial modes of action. He could not have failed to anticipate—and events have proved that he did not fail to anticipate—the waylayings to which he was subjected.