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• a  of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him

• That psychic procrustean bed is being splintered by Ferraro's campaign.
• Exceptions to this procrustean rule are rare enough to be newsworthy.
• The Porter score has been excised from several disparate musicals and fitted with procrustean zeal to the Barry play.

• Procrustean

Quotes

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• Vladimir Putin in RIA Novosti
  We do not deem it expedient to limit negotiations putting them into a Procrustean bed of a time schedule,Putin told journalists after talks with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.
• Samuel Alito in Boston Globe (registration)
  In the case, Alito wrote, the court was "engaging in the sort of procrustean construction which is common for the United States Supreme Court."