accost

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
2. 2
   To join side to side; to border.
3. 3
   To sail along the coast or side of.
4. 4
   To approach; to come up to.
5. 5
   To speak to first; to address; to greet.
6. 6
   To adjoin; to lie alongside.
7. 7
   To assault.
8. 8
   To solicit sexually.

Noun

1. 1
   Address; greeting.
2. 2
   An attack.