(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If a group of people ~ their enemies, they attack them after hiding and waiting for them.
The Guatemalan army says rebels ~ed and killed 10 patrolmen.
VERB: V n
2.
An ~ is an attack on someone by people who have been hiding and waiting for them.
A policeman has been shot dead in an ~.
N-VAR
3.
If someone is lying in ~, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them.
The gunmen, lying in ~, opened fire, killing the driver.
PHRASE: PHR after v