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Term: Accost

Description:

Accost is a verb that means to approach or speak to someone boldly or aggressively. It often implies initiating a conversation in an intrusive or unwelcome manner.

Sample Sentences:

• When Mary was walking home alone, a stranger accosted her and asked for her phone number.
• The salesman in the store accosted every customer that walked through the door.
• As she was waiting for her bus, a homeless man accosted her, asking for money.

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