Usually means: Forcing uniformity by drastic measures.
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  1. Procrustes, Procrustes: Merriam-Webster
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  7. Procrustes: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  11. Procrustes (short story), Procrustes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  13. procrustes: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Procrustes)

noun:  (Greek mythology) A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut off their legs to adapt them to its length.

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