accosted


ac·cost

A0043900 (ə-kôst′, ə-kŏst′)tr.v. ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs 1. To approach and speak to, especially aggressively or insistently, as with a demand or request.2. To approach and speak to with the intent of having sex.
[French accoster, from Old French, from Medieval Latin accostāre, to adjoin : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin costa, side; see kost- in Indo-European roots.]