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Proscrustes (s) (noun)
A mythological Greek torturer: "In Greek mythology, Proscrustes was a robber who abducted or captured strangers and forced them to fit perfectly into a bed by either cutting off or stretching their limbs."
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croustico-, crousto-, crusto-, croust-, crust-; kroustico-, krousto-, kroust-, krust- +
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