the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > lie in wait for > set in ambush (3)
transitive. To set in a bush or thicket as a place of concealment, to place in ambush; intransitive (for reflexive) to hide in a bush, lie in ambush…
transitive. To place in ambush.
transitive. With it. To act the part of a sentinel perdu; to lie in ambush.