clutches

noun clutches

• claws — Plural form of claw.
• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• custody — Custody is the legal right to keep and look after a child, especially the right given to a child's mother or father when they get divorced.
• grasp — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
• grip — the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.