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.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲