foil
foil.01 - to prevent or defeat
FOIL-V NOTES: Frames file for 'foil' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from foil.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
foil (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: preventer, agent
ARG1-PPT: bad guy
ARG2-PPT: foiled in, nefarious plot
ARG1-PPT: bad guy
ARG2-PPT: foiled in, nefarious plot
transitive
Mr. Kryuchkov was quoted as saying that in place of the infamous 5th Directorate
a new unitARG0
would work `` to foilrel
the conspiracies of foreign intelligence services to create and use organized anti - government groups in our countryARG1
. ''curses! foiled again!
Foiledrel
in their effort to get a national banARG2
, the egg producersARG1
turned their attention to the states .