Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Clawback \Claw"back`\, n.
   A flatterer or sycophant. [Obs.] ``Take heed of these
   clawbacks.'' --Latimer.

Clawback \Claw"back`\, a.
   Flattering; sycophantic. [Obs.]

         Like a clawback parasite.                --Bp. Hall.

Clawback \Claw"back`\, v. t.
   To flatter. [Obs.] --Warner.

Source : WordNet®

clawback
     n : 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"