claws (n.)

• administration
• authority
• clutches
• command
• control
• disposition
• domination
• dominion
• empire
• fingers
• governance
• government
• grasp
• grip
• gripe
• hand
• hands
• helm
• hold
• hooks
• jurisdiction
• mastership
• mastery
• palm
• pincers
• power
• raj
• regnancy
• reign
• rule
• sovereignty
• sway
• teeth