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What (who) is Accost - definition
accost
¦ verb approach and address boldly or aggressively.
Origin
C16 (orig. in the sense 'lie or go alongside'): from Fr. accoster, from Ital. accostare, from L. ad- 'to' + costa 'rib, side'.
accost
(accosts, accosting, accosted)
If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening. (FORMAL)
A man had accosted me in the street.
VERB: V n [disapproval]
accost
v. a.
Come alongside, confront, approach, draw near, address, salute, greet, speak to, make up to.
Examples of use of Accost
1. Blair, therefore, will have to accost the Israeli government.
2. I quickly descend to the wadi and accost three soldiers.
3. Well, people would accost me at a mall or a shop, whenever I’d be out.
4. Mr Lubbock bought a copy of Michael Barrymore, Awight Now – Setting the Record Straight in order to accost the former Strike it Lucky host.
5. Strict anti–racism rules for when police accost suspects in the street could be dropped because they are taking up too much time, it has emerged.