noun
finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way
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the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑restitution, ↑return, ↑restoration, ↑regaining
Useful english dictionary. 2012.