carve-up

See also: carve up

English

Noun

carve-up (plural carve-ups)

1. (informal) The act or instance of dishonestly prearranging the result of a competition.
2. (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.

   • 2021 September 8, “RMT on "war footing" in response to workforce cutback threats”, in RAIL, number 939, page 15:

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