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Definition of Lying in wait
1. Noun. The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
Generic synonyms: Coup De Main, Surprise Attack
Specialized synonyms: Dry-gulching
Derivative terms: Ambuscade, Ambush, Ambush
2. Adjective. Waiting in concealment; in ambush. "An army lying in wait in the forest"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lying In Wait
Literary usage of Lying in wait
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1890)
"741, 769, this expression is thus treated of- "Bouvier, in his Law Diet., says 'lying
in wait' is 'being in ambush for the purpose of murdering another. ..."
2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"Where murder is divided Into degrees, as In Pennsylvania, lying In wait is such
evidence of malice that It makes the 1 killing murder in the first degree. ..."
3. Ten Years in Washington: Or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital by Mary Clemmer (1882)
"... Spirits—Joyous Anticipation of Meeting His Wife—The Assassin Lying in Wait—The
Fatal Shot—Tremendous Excitement—The Wounded President—His Assassin, ..."
4. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1873)
"... lying concealed that of lying in wait with the view of intercepting and seizing
a prey. After a while this superadded notion of intercepting and seizing ..."
5. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"So, lying in wait is an assault; Bui. NP 15; 1 Esp. 383. . § 3. Battery. The least
touching a man's person, wilfully or in anger, is a battery ; or any the ..."
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