ambush
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substantive
lay an ambush, v.: P. ἐνεδρεύειν, P. and V. λοχᾶν.
lie in ambush, v.: P. ἐνεδρεύειν, ἐλλοχᾶν, P. and V. λοχᾶν.
lie in ambush for, v.: P. ἐνεδρεύειν (acc.), ἐλλοχᾶν (acc.), V. λοχᾶν (acc.).
watch for: P. and V. φυλάσσειν (acc.), ἐφεδρεύειν (dat.); see lie in wait for, under wait.
occupy with an ambush, v.: P. προλοχίζειν (acc.).
be caught in an ambush, v.: P. λοχίζεσθαι.
we lie in ambush in the leaves of the bushes: V . θάμνων ἐλλοχίζομεν φόβαις (Euripides, baech. 722).
Demosthenes, fearing he should be surrounded, posts heavy armed troops in ambush on a certain road which ran between banks and was covered with scrub: P. ὁ Δημοσθένης δείσας μὴ κυκλωθῇ λοχίζει ἐς ὁδόν τινα κοίλην καὶ λοχμώδη ὁπλίτας (Thuc. 3, 107).
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noun
Apache Western Apache: yidáh nehedzaa; Armenian: հարձակում դարանից; Azerbaijani: pusqu; Belarusian: засада; Catalan: emboscada; Chinese Mandarin: 遇袭, 偷袭; Dutch: hinderlaag; Greek: ενέδρα, καρτέρι, χωσιά; Ancient Greek: αἴνιγμα, δόκος, ἔγκρυμμα, ἔνδοκος, ἐνέδρα, ἐνεδρεύτειρα, ἐνέδρη, ἔνεδρον, λόχος, προδοκή; Esperanto: embusko; Finnish: väijytys, ylläkkö, yllätyshyökkäys, tuliylläkkö; French: embuscade; German: Hinterhalt; Hungarian: csapda, orvtámadás; Italian: imboscata; Korean: 매복; Macedonian: заседа; Maori: urumaranga; Mongolian: отолт; Old English: sǣt; Ottoman Turkish: پوصو; Polish: zasadzka; Portuguese: emboscada; Romanian: ambuscadă; Russian: засада; Spanish: emboscada; Tarifit: anday; Turkish: pusu; Ukrainian: засідка, засада, підсі́дка