1. An act of dividing something, especially unfairly or for personal advantage
   "The carve-up of the company's assets benefited only the senior executives"

1. Separate into parts or portions
   "The chef carved up the roast turkey";
   - divide, split, split up, separate, dissever [rare]
    
2. Divide territory, property, or resources between different parties
   "The victorious powers carved up the defeated nation after the war"

Derived forms: carves up, carved up, carve-ups, carving up

Type of: change integrity

Encyclopedia: Carve-up