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What does foiled mean?

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Verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of foil
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It was the second time in three months that a member of the public had foiled the habitual burglar's crimes.
But their plan was foiled by detectives who were sitting in wait near the Swissport cargo warehouse on May 17 last year.
Fairweather arrived last season when they foiled Albion's clean sweep by taking the District Cup.
Once the attack was foiled, the column moved forward and eventually emerged on the plains beyond the badlands.
An elderly woman foiled an attempt by con men to burgle her home after she became suspicious and screamed and shouted at them until they left.
An attempt on Wednesday was foiled when he was drowned out by a helicopter hovering overhead.

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