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accosted

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1. accosted - Adjective

2. accosted - Verb

Meaning

of Accost

Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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No one is asking what happened to all the homeless. No one cares, because it's easier to get on the subway and not be accosted. Richard Linklater

I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted the man. "It is futile," I said, "You can never-""You lie," he cried, And ran on. Stephen Crane

As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think "actor" and see some easy money. Matt Damon

The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama... Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly. Haniel Long

According to a native who identified himself as Msughter, an indigene had accosted the settler why he came to the river bank to mould blocks as the community leaders had forbidden people from moulding blocks in the area. Source: Internet

According to the statement from one of the victims, she said she and her three sisters were walking home when the Fulani boys accosted them and threatened them with sticks. Source: Internet

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