transcription, транскрипция: [ əkɒst, AM əkɔ:st ]
( 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 ]