Carve-up
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Carve-up is a noun meaning (informal) The act or instance of dishonestly prearranging the result of a competition.
Meaning
(informal) The act or instance of dishonestly prearranging the result of a competition.
More Meanings
- (slang) The distribution of something, as of money or booty.
Example Sentences
"RMT will not sit back while this carve-up of the rail network is cooked up in company boardrooms. [...]".
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.
Word Forms
- carve-ups
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trick, deception, trickery, hoax, deceit, treachery.
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