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carve-up noun [in singular] British informalA ruthless division of something into separate areas or parts: the carve-up of the brewing industry by vested interests...- Trieste simultaneously became Italian and lost its livelihood with the carve-up of the Austro-Hungarian empire it had once serviced.
- A pre-ordained carve-up is impossible because the issue will be decided only when the existing 30 member clubs vote in a secret ballot, and clubs rarely reveal their true intentions, even to one another.
- Her father was a Royalist involved in the resistance against those who collaborated with the Germans during the Second World War over the carve-up of Yugoslavia.
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