accoster
Meanings
Verb
1. to come ashore (intransitive, nautical)
2. to lay something next to another object (transitive)
3. to approach someone; to interrupt someone (especially a stranger, in the street) (transitive, by extension, slightly derogatory)
Examples8
Nous n'allons pas accoster.
We're not going ashore.
Un bateau de rêves a accosté un cauchemar.
A ship of dreams landed in a nightmare.
J'ai été accostée par un parfait inconnu à l'arrêt de bus.
I was accosted by a complete stranger at the bus stop.
Un passant m'accoste dans la rue.
A passerby is accosting me in the street.
Le terme fait référence aux trois sorcières qui accostent Macbeth.
The term refers to the three witches who accost Macbeth.
Le mendiant m'a accosté pour me demander de l'argent.
The beggar accosted me for money.