accostEnglishOxford English Thesaurusaccost verb the police accosted him in the street: speak to, talk to, call to, shout to, hail, initiate a discussion with; address, approach, waylay, take aside, detain, stop, halt, grab, catch, confront, importune, solicit; informal buttonhole, collar; British, informal nobble.accost Oxford Dictionary of English
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