carve-up
See also: carve up
English
Noun
carve-up (plural carve-ups)
- (informal) The act or instance of dishonestly prearranging the result of a competition.
- (slang) The distribution of something, as of money or booty.
- 2012, The Economist, The Swahili coast: Contagion of discontent
- 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.
- 2012, The Economist, The Swahili coast: Contagion of discontent
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