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• n  the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
• v  wait in hiding to attack

• He lost three of the next four games before he recovered from the shock of that one intellectual ambuscade.
• The ambuscade capped a notably disgruntling week for Labor.
• The general belief was that the King was a chance victim of the ambuscade which was intended for the Orchanie-Sofia autobus, occupants of which were known to be carrying large .

• ambush
• lying in wait
• trap
• scupper
• bushwhack
• waylay
• lurk
• lie in wait