transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪmpɔ:(r)tju:n, AM -tu:n ]
( importunes, importuning, importuned)
If someone importunes another person, they ask them for something or ask them to do something, in an annoying way. ( FORMAL )
One can no longer walk the streets without seeing beggars importuning passers by.
= pester
VERB : V n , also V n to-inf , V n for n [ disapproval ]