Object

• passer-by: Here she got her living; she accosted passers-by with jokes and, mostly without request, received money.

• stranger: One night a villager who had long made up his mind to accost the stranger did so.

• woman: Blake accosts the woman in the black mask who turns out to be Paula's cousin.

Subject

• man: According to The Mirror, the singer was recently accosted by a rather angry man whilst having a drink in a Los Angeles bar.

• woman: June is accosted by a middle-aged woman in the Bible Belt.

• people: Waited for the plane and got accosted by silly airport survey people.

• person: Iris Wilkinson was accosted by an unidentified person asking who she was and claiming to be security.

• policeman: At this precise moment he is accosted by a policeman.

• lady: While there we were accosted by an American lady ( slightly inebriated I think!

Modifying Another Word

• immediately: The writer immediately accosted the seamen about the state of the ship.

• then: One farmer recently witnessed a Sparrowhawk take a Fieldfare and was then accosted on the ground by a Buzzard which then stole the prey.

• once: I was once accosted and grilled by the ( constantly patrolling ) security guards just for taking pictures!

• even: People even accosted Williams in the street to protest.

Preposition: by

• man: According to The Mirror, the singer was recently accosted by a rather angry man whilst having a drink in a Los Angeles bar.

• woman: June is accosted by a middle-aged woman in the Bible Belt.

• people: Waited for the plane and got accosted by silly airport survey people.

• person: Iris Wilkinson was accosted by an unidentified person asking who she was and claiming to be security.

• policeman: At this precise moment he is accosted by a policeman.

• lady: While there we were accosted by an American lady ( slightly inebriated I think!

Preposition: in

• street: In 42 BC a VV was accosted in the street while returning from baths; afterward VVs were given lictors.