/ɪnˈkʌmbər/ – verb
Definition: Gắn kết, đặt cản trở.
A more thorough explanation: 1. to create a legal encumbrance (=a mortgage, claim or other liability attached to a piece of property)
2. to make it more difficult for someone or something to do something, to use something or to act or behave normally
Example: 1. The people were told they could go where they liked, provided they did not encumber the land that was by rights their own.
2. Most people and most banks did not encumber themselves with mountains of unsecured debt.