lay for

Strongest matches

• assault
• surround
• trap
• waylay

Strong matches

• ambuscade
• assail
• bushwhack
• decoy
• ensnare
• entrap
• hide
• hook
• jump
• lurk
• net
• surprise
• wait

Weak matches

• box in
• dry-gulch
• hem in
• set trap

Strongest matches

• embroil
• ensnare
• entangle
• entrap
• implicate
• snare

Strong matches

• catch
• hook
• incriminate
• net
• snarl
• tangle
• trammel
• trap

Weak matches

• box in
• drag into
• draw in
• lay a trap for
• make party to

Strongest matches

• enmesh
• ensnare
• entangle
• entice
• implicate
• seduce

Strong matches

• allure
• bag
• beguile
• catch
• decoy
• embroil
• hook
• inveigle
• lure
• net
• snare
• tempt
• trap
• trick

Weak matches

• benet
• box in
• lead on
• reel in
• rope in
• set up
• suck in

Strongest match

• startle

Strong matches

• ambush
• bushwhack
• capture
• discover
• grab
• grasp
• nab
• seize
• take
• waylay

Weak matches

• burst in on
• catch in the act
• catch off-balance
• catch off-guard
• catch red-handed
• catch unawares
• come down on
• drop in on
• lie in wait
• spring on
• take by surprise

Strongest match

• accost

Strong matches

• ambuscade
• assail
• attack
• box
• bushwhack
• catch
• jump
• lurk
• prowl
• skulk
• slink
• surprise

Weak matches

• hold up
• lie in wait
• pounce on
• set upon
• swoop down on