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Answer for the clue "(British) finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way ", 8 letters:
clawback

Word definitions for clawback in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
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"

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A clawback or clawback provision is a special contractual clause typically included in employment contracts by financial firms . The term also is in use in bankruptcy matters where insiders may have raided assets prior to a filing. Also in Medicaid , when ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context US legal of evidence English) A rule that permits a party to take back evidentiary materials that were mistakenly turned over to the other party, but to which the other party would not have been entitled. 2 (context US taxation legal English) ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clawback \Claw"back`\, a. Flattering; sycophantic. [Obs.] Like a clawback parasite. --Bp. Hall.