procrustes

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• March 1. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  Procrustes — noun — english

  (Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus