trolls

Cultural  

1. In Norse mythology, repulsive dwarfs who lived in caves or other hidden places. They would steal children and property but hated noise. The troll in the children's story “The Three Billy Goats Gruff,” for example, lives under a bridge and is enraged when he hears the goats crossing the bridge.

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Example Sentences

The trolls did not spare the bride either, with many suggesting she had married him "for his money".

From BBC

Ms. Ypi writes that she’s at the archives to “rescue” her grandmother “from the trolls.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Hired patent trolls create what economists call deadweight loss: economic value destroyed by conduct that suppresses output and investment.

From The Wall Street Journal

The mother of Jay Slater, who died after going missing in Tenerife last summer, has stepped up her campaign for a new law to tackle online trolls.

From BBC

The trolls on either side of him are easily nine feet tall.

From Literature