Definition of Waylay

to actively block an individual’s path in order to interrogate, detain, etc.

Examples of Waylay in a sentence

Reporters attempted to waylay the celebrity at the airport and bombard him with questions, but his security team intervened.  🔊

The boxer's opponent made to waylay and provoke him before the match, but he stormed through his defenses and into the ring.  🔊

The police officer stepped in front of the distraught woman to waylay her before she reached the crime scene.  🔊

Her nosy grandmother often tried to waylay her with pointless conversations about her love life before she left the house.  🔊

Several girls tried to waylay the handsome rock star on the stairs by batting their eyelashes and shamelessly flirting.  🔊

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