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What does claw back mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word claw back? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To recover or retake, with great effort, something that was lost.
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Car companies have inflated forecourt prices by up to a third to claw back scrappage discounts, an undercover investigation has found.
Tour operators complain that this forces them to employ two drivers for most journeys and to claw back the extra cost from their customers.
The couple with two children saw a slight drop in total welfare income as the province continued to claw back their federal child supplement.
Several other jurisdictions have since ceased to claw back later increases to the supplement.
Seven jurisdictions do allow a top-up, at least in part, without claw back to their compensation as shown in the following table.
We are also told that it is the Employer's intention to seek a retroactive claw back of all PFA paid out under the current collective agreement.

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