Accosting

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. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Around Kuala Lumpur, officers appeared to be accosting anyone even suspected of being a Hindraf sympathizer. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Looking extraordinarily like the young Pinter with his long sideburns and accosting profile, he shows Robert as a man who conceals his emotional hurt under a sardonic mask and relishes his power over the unaware Jerry. ❋ Unknown (2011)

So I have taken to stuffing grocery bags full of lettuce leaves a couple of times a week and accosting people. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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!" ❋ Shannyn Moore (2010)

In fact, last month's conviction marked the 20th time Mr. Jabbar had been convicted of fraudulent accosting. ❋ Chris Herring (2011)

Washington is abuzz with the headline news that the FBI is accosting two Pakistanis who allegedly have been trying to win influence and influence policy makers to their country's advantage. ❋ Michael Brenner (2011)

Catastrophic weather conditions accosting the coastal regions of China, the US, and the UK, once mere prediction, are already taking place. ❋ Michael Shank (2011)

Startled, I looked over the railing for the woman and the pervert accosting her. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His last, which took him on a miles-long foot trail through craggy terrain ended with French police accosting the migrant in the countryside just outside of Nice, Mr. Kaoubi said, now back in Ventimiglia. ❋ Stacy Meichtry (2011)

Here was this odd Canadian guy with a nasal voice and two bizarre sidekicks (Glenn Humplik and Phil Giroux, both friends from his days on college radio), accosting people on the street armed only with a video camera and a raw comedic talent. ❋ Justine Goodman (2010)

What with all the giant mechs battling aliens and things with many tentacles accosting lolita-ish characters, you'd think the SF might be a bit strange to. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There was another woman with her, and I supposed there might be female perverts out and about accosting other women, but this second woman was looking at me with an expression not quite as angry as the other woman's but every bit as indignant. ❋ Unknown (2009)