Official brutality exposed and condemned (7)

I believe the answer is:

titular

'official' is the definition.
(titular can mean official or ceremonial)

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for titular that I've seen before include "Like certain churches" , "So called" , "Relating to title" , "Relating to a name" , "as a figurehead" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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