Usually means: Diverted or delayed from intended path.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. waylaid: Merriam-Webster
  2. waylaid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. waylaid: Collins English Dictionary
  4. waylaid: Vocabulary.com
  5. Waylaid, waylaid: Wordnik
  6. waylaid: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. waylaid: Wiktionary
  8. waylaid: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. waylaid: Dictionary.com
  10. Waylaid: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Waylaid: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. waylaid: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. waylaid: FreeDictionary.org
  14. waylaid: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. waylaid: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Waylaid: Urban Dictionary

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verb:  (transitive) To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
verb:  (transitive) To accost or intercept unexpectedly.
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