waylay in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

waylay in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for waylay in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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English
Here he supposedly engaged in piracy by waylaying merchants, stealing their cargo, and arming their slaves.
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It's an application to stymie, waylay and ambush proceedings.
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Three hooligans waylay the coach.
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You are so focused on the urgent that the important gets waylaid.
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There would be traps, tricks to waylay the adventurer, and diversions to turn him or her away from the true quest.
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It is undoubtedly the case that national (or even international) infrastructure projects are prone to cost overruns and can be waylaid by bureaucratic problems.
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It is this false sense of a permanent grip over voters which is waylaying the overdue process of change in the country.
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The three brothers waylay her on the road as she leaves the state.
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A phone call waylaid him from his "cooking" experiment for 15 minutes.
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They comply, unaware that their hostess is a wicked witch who waylays children to cook and eat them.
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