accosted

past tense of accost
as in approached
to approach and speak to (someone) often in an angry, aggressive, or unwanted way He was accosted by peddlers selling touristy trinkets on the street. She was so famous that people would accost her on the street and ask for an autograph.

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Recent Examples of accosted Probably her most famous photo, an only-in-New-York moment, depicts a heavily garbed Hasidic Jew who has somehow wandered onto a nudist beach at Jacob Riis Park, in Queens, only to be accosted by a stark-naked posing bodybuilder. Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 Three snaps into his outing, when an Eagles safety banged him a moment after an incompletion, Kelce whirled in anger and accosted him. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025 The body cam footage, however, jerks with panicked motions of the officers who accosted Augustus on the sidewalk, and their breathless attempts after the shooting to put their actions in the most favorable light. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025 Haynes’ relatives reportedly told police that the woman had accosted Haynes at his workplace, Highland Hospital. Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025 The Bohemian Rhapsody star reflected on being accosted by police in a new interview. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025 The male and female victims were accosted by more than a dozen armed people and taken against their will to another unit inside the same complex, Chamberlain said. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024 When his father Winston (McCarthy, 62) brings Brandon to a rehab facility in a rural area, the father-son duo are violently accosted — and Winston is wounded — while stopping for gas. Tommy McArdle, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024 Penny accosted Neely on the subway after Neely made death threats against other passengers. Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024

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