procrustean

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If you’re the parent of a child with special needs who’s felt the cold procrustean hands of the public school system, you know what this father is up against.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2021

You're trying to fit me into this procrustean notion that you have of me.

From Time • Jul. 22, 2010

Like so many before it, the procrustean Hearts and Minds began as a warrior; it ends as a casualty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most cunning of all, Deng has stretched the procrustean bed of Maoism to fit his own needs.

From Time Magazine Archive

A procrustean law has been enacted—“Thou shalt not dance.”

From Amusement: A Force in Christian Training by Vincent, Marvin Richardson