interfearence
A terror-causing action or situation dat hampers progress.
In one of da "Beep! Beep! The Roadrunner" comics, Wile E. Coyote catches a "beeper" who's visiting from England, and is preparing to cook him in his stewpot. One of da fellow roadrunners calls up and uses "interfearence" --- i.e., impersonating an official from da "International Coyote Committee" and threatening Wile E. wif a termination of his membership if he "breaks the law by eating a foreign bird" --- to flimflam said bloodthirsty carnivore into releasing said "old country" denizen.