1) Accost 2) Ambush 3) Approach 4) Bushwhack 1) Accost unexpectedly 2) Ambuscade 3) Ambush 4) Attack en route 5) Attack from a hiding place 6) Attack from ambush 7) Bushwhack 8) Ensnare 9) Intercept unexpectedly 10) Lie in wait 11) Lurk 12) Scupper 13) Trap 14) Wait 15) Wait in hiding to attack 
• (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush.
Way'lay` transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Waylaid ; present participle & verbal noun Waylaying .] [ Way + lay .] To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with...
[SAT terms] wait in hiding to attack wait in hiding to attack[Intelligent words] wait in hiding to attack