"troll farm" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-troll farm.wav Forms: troll farms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} troll farm (plural troll farms)
  1. (Internet) A group of Internet trolls organized in order to interfere in political opinions and decision-making. Tags: Internet Synonyms: troll army, troll factory Coordinate_terms: bot farm Translations (a group of Internet trolls organized in order to interfere in political opinions): trollitehdas (Finnish), Trollfabrik [feminine] (German), Trollarmee [feminine] (German), Trollfarm [feminine] (German), trollfabrikk (Norwegian), farma trolli [feminine] (Polish), фа́брика тро́ллей (fábrika tróllej) [feminine] (Russian), trollfabrik [common-gender] (Swedish)

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