interfere with

interfere with
interfere with something/somebody phrasal verb (see also interfere)
1. to prevent something from succeeding or from happening in the way that was planned:
    Anxiety can interfere with children’s performance at school.
2. if something interferes with a radio or television broadcast, it spoils the sound or picture that you receive
3. British English to touch a child sexually:
    He was arrested for interfering with young boys.