The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ACCOSTING
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What does ACCOSTING mean?
ACCOSTING verb- To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
- To join side to side; to border.
- (by extension) To sail along the coast or side of.
- To approach; to come up to.
- To speak to first; to address; to greet.
- To adjoin; to lie alongside.
- To assault.
- To solicit sexually.
- The act of physically confronting a person.