lay for vs lurk

lay for

verb
  • To wait (for someone) in order to surprise or attack them. 

lurk

verb
  • To remain concealed in order to ambush. 

  • To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself. 

  • To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent. 

  • To saddle (a person) with an undesirable task or duty. 

  • To remain unobserved. 

noun
  • The act of lurking. 

How often have the words lay for and lurk occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )