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carve-up
noun 2
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4ADJ.
colonial
VERB + CARVE-UP
back
CARVE-UP + NOUN
rail
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in
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noun
1
The act or instance of dishonestly prearranging the result of a competition.
2
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.
"RMT will not sit back while this carve-up of the rail network is cooked up in company boardrooms. [...]".
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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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"RMT will not sit back while this carve-up of the rail network is cooked up in company boardrooms. [...]".
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