Procrustean

Then by a Procrustean process he packs the complex and irregular facts into his scheme.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland
We then proceed to apply the Procrustean bed principle with the very acme of sang froid.
The Vitalized School|Francis B. Pearson
Young limbs will not always adjust themselves to the Procrustean bed.
Doctor Luttrell's First Patient|Rosa Nouchette Carey
It is an error to suppose that beauty must be racked on a procrustean bed of formula.
The Gate of Appreciation|Carleton Noyes

To him the judicial office was a Procrustean one of fitting each case to the legal bed, if necessary by a surgical operation.
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law|Roscoe Pound

British Dictionary definitions for Procrustean

Procrustean

/ (prəʊˈkrʌstɪən) /

adjective

tending or designed to produce conformity by violent or ruthless methods

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