carve up
• divide something ruthlessly into separate areas or parts.
• "West Africa was carved up by the Europeans"
Similar:
divide,
partition,
parcel out,
apportion,
subdivide,
split up,
break up,
separate out,
segregate,
measure out,
share out,
dole out,
divvy up,
• slash someone with a knife or other sharp object.
• drive aggressively into the path of another driver while overtaking.
• "I had to carve up a Volvo in order to follow him"
carve-up
noun
• a ruthless division of something into separate areas or parts.
• "the carve-up of the brewing industry by vested interests"
