importune
verb
[ ˌɪmpɔːˈtjuːn ]
• harass (someone) persistently for or to do something.
• "reporters importuned him with pointed questions"
Similar:
beg,
beseech,
entreat,
implore,
plead with,
appeal to,
apply to,
call on,
supplicate,
solicit,
petition,
enjoin,
harass,
pester,
beset,
press,
dun,
badger,
bother,
torment,
plague,
hound,
nag,
harry,
go on at,
harp on at,
mither,
hassle,
bug,
obsecrate,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French importuner or medieval Latin importunari, from Latin importunus ‘inconvenient, unseasonable’ (see importunate).
