Procrustes, a brigand of ancient Attica, who when any one fell into his hands placed him on a bed, stretching him out if he was too short for it and amputating him if he was too long till he died; he was one day overpowered by Theseus, who tortured him to death as he had done his own victims; his practice has given name to any attempt to enforce conformity by violent measures.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Procopius * Procter, Bryan Walter