Meaning of carve-up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act or instance of dishonestly prearranging the result of a competition.
   informal
2. The distribution of something, as of money or booty.
   slang

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Examples

“In the colonial carve-up that followed, lines were drawn between the port cities of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam and the island of Zanzibar.”

“"RMT will not sit back while this carve-up of the rail network is cooked up in company boardrooms. [...]".”

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