15
ambush(verb, take, attack, disturb, discover)
13
accost(verb, suggestion, grab, confront, surprise)
10
bushwhack(verb, take, attack, discover, trap)
10
ensnare(verb, deception, ambush)
10
lie in wait(verb, expression, idiom, take, discover)
9
attack(verb, ambush, intercept)
8
hold up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, rob, ambush)
8
kidnap(verb, hold, deception, capture, abduct)
7
ambuscade(verb, attack, ambush, intercept)
7
lurk(verb, ambush, intercept)
7
surprise(verb, attack, catch, trap, cunning)
7
intercept(verb, grab, confront, surprise, corner)
6
assail(verb, ambush, intercept)
5
scupper
5
buttonhole(verb, suggestion, grab, confront, surprise)
4
catch(verb, deception, ambush, intercept)
4
endanger
3
trap(verb, ambush)
3
flatter(deception, cunning)
2
expose
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