Encumber

Encumber
/ɪnˈkʌm.bər/

To load down something with a burden. To restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment.

To burden with a legal claim or other obligation.To weigh someone or something down, or to make it difficult for someone to do something.

From Old French encombrer 'to block up, hinder, thwart', from Late Latin incombrare, from in- 'in' (from PIE root *en 'in') + combrus 'barricade, obstacle', probably from Latin cumulus 'heap'.

Encumber