clawback Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way
    • the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received

WordNet

Claw"back` noun
Definitions
  1. A flatterer or sycophant. Obs. "Take heed of these clawbacks." Latimer.
Claw"back` adjective
Definitions
  1. Flattering; sycophantic. Obs.
    Like a clawback parasite. Bp. Hall.
Claw"back` transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To flatter. Obs. Warner.

Webster 1913