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accosted

[uh-kaw-stid, uh-kos-tid] / əˈkɔ stɪd, əˈkɒs tɪd /


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On Tuesday, the 63-year-old doctor of engineering was accosted as she walked through Mexico City.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

The McCanns, the court heard, then came across the defendants face-to-face when Ms Wandelt and Mrs Spragg turned up outside their home on 7 December 2024 and "accosted" them.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025

"I cannot move out of my house without being accosted and challenged by the police and driving me back home," Lungu told the BBC in May 2024.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025

“I was accosted by Sacramento Police Department officers, falsely accused of driving under the influence, and involuntarily detained for several hours at the hospital,” Cervantes said in her statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2025

The men she bit she accosted at parties, weddings, at the theater.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny



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