Lying In Wait
Hiding awaiting the chance to attack someone.
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LYING IN WAIT - Being in ambush for the purpose of murdering or harming another. A waiting and watching for an opportune time to act, together with a concealment by ambush or some other secret design to take the other person by surprise.
Lying in wait
Definition - adj
: holding oneself in a concealed position to watch and wait for a victim for the purpose of making an unexpected attack and murdering or inflicting bodily injury on the victim
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Lying in Wait
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it is generally a killing which is deliberate and premeditated (planned, after lying in wait, by poison or as part of a scheme), in conjunction with felonies such as rape, burglary, or involving multiple deaths, ...
 See also: State, Murder, Disclaimer, Attorn, Person
  
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