waylaid

[ wey-leyd, wey-leyd ]

/ ˈweɪˌleɪd, weɪˈleɪd /

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of waylay.

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They may have been waylaid by another mystery: What do website-clicking sports fans want?
On the Peninsula|Bryan Curtis|April 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
With this Henriette retired and the next morning on her way to early church I waylaid Norah.
Mrs. Raffles|John Kendrick Bangs
As Aunt Zélie was on her way upstairs that night she was waylaid in the dimly lighted hall by three ghostly figures.
The Story of the Big Front Door|Mary Finley Leonard
They had been out, from the fort at Wheeling, on a scouting party, and were waylaid at a pass called the narrows.
The Indian in his Wigwam|Henry R. Schoolcraft

I waylaid him privately and asked if there was anything I could get or do—a tonic, a change.
Jane Journeys On|Ruth Comfort Mitchell
Supposing he had been waylaid and surrounded by black-fellows!
Queensland Cousins|Eleanor Luisa Haverfield

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