Clutches

He was caught in the clutches of the law.

Am I supposed to, single-handedly, strengthened only by the mythical magic of my forebears, in heroic fashion smash his armies and save the beautiful princess from his clutches to finally deliver him to...

At his heels, aflame / with rage, comes Pyrrhus. Lo, in act to aim, / now, now, he clutches him, – a moment more, / e'en as before his parent's eyes he came, / the long spear reached him. Prostrate on the floor / down falls the hapless youth, and welters in his gore.

Yanni was in the clutches of Skura, a master manipulator.

Yanni is still on clutches.

Yanni can't walk without clutches.

Boldi felt like a rabbit who was about to get caught in the clutches of a rabbit named Martha.

Once the organization was in his clutches, her future there was bleak.