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单词 foil a plot
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foil a plot

But the plot was foiled by a joint police and MI5 operation.
The Sun (2013)
A girl, who foiled a plot by two ten-year-old boys to poison their teacher's coffee has been rewarded for her bravery.
The Sun (2014)
Intelligence officials had foiled six plots in the past year, he said, calling on internet giants to help in the fight.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)

Definition of 'plot'
plot

(plɒt)Explore 'plot' in the dictionary
countable noun [usually NOUN to-infinitive]
A plot is a secret plan by a group of people to do something that is illegal or wrong, usually against a person or a government.

Definition of 'foil'
foil

(fɔɪl)Explore 'foil' in the dictionary
verb
If you foil someone's plan or attempt to do something, for example to commit a crime, you succeed in stopping them from doing what they want.
[journalism]

COBUILD Collocations
foil a plot

alleged plot
bomb plot
burial plot
buy a plot
complex plot
disrupt a plot
foil a plot
gripping plot
hatch a plot
murder plot
preposterous plot
sinister plot
terror plot
terrorist plot
thwart a plot
uncover a plot
vegetable plot
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