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bushwhack

• 1 † v. shoot at from ambush; attack in a stealthy, unfair manner.

  • 1912  "You laid among the trees an' bushwhacked him. A short shot."
  • 1959  Following their usual pattern of trying to bushwhack any and all locals where Mine Mill is established . . . [they] found themselves in a blind alley. . . .

• 2 † v. prowl about the bush, as a hunter does for game.

  • 1956  I've got a number of surveying jobs for you--they piled up while you were bushwhacking up the river.