importune
/ɪmˈpɔːtjuːn/verb
with obj.
1- ask (someone) pressingly and persistently for or to do something向（某人）强求, 向（某人）不断要求：
if the £190,000 had never been paid, he would have been importuned by his creditors.
如果他没有支付这19万英镑, 早就会被债主缠着讨债了。
1.1
- usu. as noun importuning approach (someone) to offer one's services as a prostitute（妓女）拉客。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from French importuner or medieval Latin importunari， from Latin importunus 'inconvenient， unseasonable' （see IMPORTUNATE）.