to getpossessionof something again withdifficulty:

If thegovernment, forexample,clawsbackmoney, ittakesmoneyback in one way that it has already given in another way:

if asharepriceclawsback, orclawsback aparticularamount, itslowlyincreasesafter it has gone down:

if agovernmentorcompanyclawsbackmoneyit has alreadypaid, ittakesit back:

tosucceedin getting back something that was taken from you:

toofferinvestorswho already ownsharesin acompanytherighttobuysome of thesharesthat it hasofferedto newinvestors