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Bait truly displayed cruelty (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brutality

'cruelty' is the definition.
(I know that brutality is a type of cruelty)

'bait truly displayed' is the wordplay.
'displayed' indicates an anagram (letters displayed in another way).
'bait'+'truly'='baittruly'
'baittruly' is an anagram of 'BRUTALITY'.

(Other definitions for brutality that I've seen before include "Savagery" , "Ruthlessness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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