1925 Atlanta Constit. 25 July 1/1 Another incident of road-blocking occurred recently near Cumming.

1937 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 8 June 20/3 Using a technique of road-blocking, serial patrols, and radio blockade developed during the hunt for Dillinger, Indiana highway patrolmen are scouring the state.

1963 Internat. Affairs 39 397 3,000 arrests were made, and many hundreds were eventually convicted of arson, road blocking and stone-throwing.

1999 Time (Electronic ed.) 9 Aug. One example of congressional road-blocking involves attempts to raise fuel-efficiency standards for popular sport-utility vehicles.

2007 T. Takahashi Debris Flow vi. 274 It rained severely from early morning, and an announcement of imminent road blocking was transmitted to the respective hotels.

1920 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 7 Nov. 7/1 Motorists have learned to beat winter at his own game and no longer fear his cold blasts or road-blocking storms.

1961 Time (Electronic ed.) 8 Sept. The customs of the House allow committee chairmen to try to bring bills directly to the floor on ‘Calendar Wednesday’ without going through the roadblocking Rules Committee.

1997 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 16 Nov. 85/2 We pass through a series of roadblocking security screens that move aside when Redford pushes a button on a remote-control unit.

2007 B. Boiko Laughing at CIO iv. 37 They thought of him as an enemy. No, as a stereotype: the bureaucratic, road-blocking, pocket-protector IT type.