Definition of "accosting" []

• Present participle of accost. (verb)
• The act of physically confronting a person. (noun)

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• "I had to sell my commercial building on another main drag (considerably farther east) and leave for the same reason: bums "accosting" us and our customers."
• "An increase in the number of panhandlers "accosting" motorists at the Camdenton Square has led to a move by the board of aldermen to look into what can be done to prohibit solicitors in the roadway."
• "Bill was photographed in front of the Alaska 9/11 Glenn Beck-Sarah Palin rally after accosting and pointing a finger at a protester while shouting in her face, "Socialist!""