The word for today is…
stymie (verb):
: to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Golf was being played in Scotland as early as the 15th century, but it wasn't until the 19th century that the sport really caught on elsewhere. It was also in the 19th century that the word stymie entered English as a noun referring to a golfing situation in which one player's ball lies between another ball and the hole on the putting green, thereby blocking the line of play. Later, stymie came to be used as a verb meaning "to bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie." By the early 20th century, the verb was being applied in similarly vexing non-golf contexts.
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