Procrustes

 
Pronunciation: /prəʊˈkrʌstiːz/
Greek Mythology
  • a robber who forced travellers to lie on a bed and made them fit it by stretching their limbs or cutting off the appropriate length of leg. Theseus killed him in like manner.

Origin:

from Greek prokroustēs, literally 'stretcher', from prokrouein 'beat out'