• ambush: either of the place in which troops, &c. are concealed, or of the men: insĭdĭae, arum: to station soldiers in a., milites in insidiis collocare, Caes.: to go into an a., insidias intrare, Caes.: he was fearful of an a., insidias veritus est, Caes: Clodius placed an a. for Milo, Clodius Miloni ins. collocavit, Cic.: to lay an a. for anyone's life (fig.), ins. vitae alicujus facere, ponere, opponere, facere, parare, instruere, Cic.: to lead into an a., in ins. inducere, Nep.; deducere, Justin: to surround and cut off anyone by an a., aliquem insidiis circumventum occidere, Nep.: to attack anyone from an a., aliquem ex ins. invadere, Sall.