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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def patched(f):
 """Patches a given API function to not send."""


    def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):

        kwargs['return_response'] = False
        kwargs['prefetch'] = True

        return f(*args, **kwargs)

    return wrapped