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What do "for" and "scotch" mean in the following context?

"By mid-1999, the combined pressure on the UK government to release Pinochet appeared to be bearing fruit when a deal was concocted between Chile, France, Spain, and the UK for Straw to scotch the extradition request and “return Pinochet home on ‘humanitarian grounds’”."

**Britain’s home secretary, Jack Straw

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