0 past simple and past participle of accost
1 to go up to or stop and speak to someone in a threatening way:
I have never been accosted by these wretched people more often than in the past fortnight.
The biggest bugbear to many private soldiers is the possibility of being accosted by a military policeman.
Will it spread the problem so that the chance of being accosted in the street will increase and spread over a wider area?
Had several times been taken home by respectable men whom she had accosted.
It is not until the person who is accosted is willing and interested that there may be a discussion about money.
Or does it suffice to be able to establish that a number of people have each been accosted once?
In a way, one would like to have women protected if they are accosted in such a way as to be likely to cause fear.
I wondered whether she had accosted anybody that night at all.
