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English noun: Procrustes | |||
| 1. | Procrustes (person) (Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus | ||
| Instance hypernym | mythical being | ||
| Domain category | Greek mythology | ||
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