Freeze and clawback
Plain definition. Issuers on the XRP Ledger can freeze tokens they issue so holders cannot spend them, and clawback lets them reclaim those tokens; XRP itself can never be frozen.
Technical definition. Trust line tokens support an Individual Freeze, which stops one counterparty from spending the token, and a Deep Freeze, which also stops that counterparty from receiving it. A Global Freeze freezes all counterparties, while the No Freeze setting permanently gives up the power to freeze individual counterparties or end a global freeze. Clawback reclaims issued tokens from a holder only if the issuer enabled it in advance; it cannot be combined with No Freeze, and it works even on frozen funds because it operates directly between issuer and holder.
On this site
On this site, Freeze and clawback comes up in What happened in the September 2026 Bitget theft, and were customers’ funds affected?, What is a trust line, and how do I check that a token on the XRP Ledger is genuine? and Can my XRP be frozen or taken back?.
Source
Freezing Tokens (xrpl.org), read October 1, 2026.