Impeded

He was impeded in his work.

Storms at sea impeded our progress.

No contracts between Germans and Americans were to be canceled or suspended, nor were citizens of either country to be impeded in fulfilling their obligations arising thereunder.

Congress and committees of Congress of course impeded the executive when there was no coercive public sentiment to check and rule them.

NGOs claimed that endemic corruption was one cause for human rights abuses, with moneyed interests using corrupt government officials to harass and intimidate activists and groups that impeded their businesses.