Cruel person (5)

I believe the answer is:

brute

'cruel person' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for brute that I've seen before include "Heartless individual" , "Cruel person" , "Savage person" , "Cruelly rapacious person" , "Cruel creature" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.com, The Times, the USA Today, The Sun, the Universal, the Evening Standard and the Family Time.

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