carve-up

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carve-up

noun 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. 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.

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noun slang: distribution of booty

Deutsch	Aufteilung, Verteilung, Zerstückelung

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@misc{carve_up_2026,
  title = {carve-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carve-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}