Meanings of local populace in English

Though initially friendly, the commune's relations with the local populace soon soured.

The local populace was the victim of usurious taxes, coercively applied.

No one cared what the local populace had to say.

The local populace has raised several complaints about the 'illegal structures' that had been built.

However, the mere fact that they are trying to do something will surely endear them to the local populace.

Most of the local populace had not heard Lurton Zimbardo's radiocast, since it had come in just before midnight.

Tantowi Yahya says the push for a referendum is coming from overseas-based elements who do not represent the local populace.

Conscripted soldiers were routinely posted far from their homelands, lest they join with the local populace in revolt against their conquerors.

Coke now conducts ad campaigns targeted at individual cities and organizes each event to suit the taste of the local populace.

After overwhelming the local populace, hundreds of armed Taliban spent their days roaming the streets of Sultanwas and their nights in houses they had occupied.

'I am regarded by the local populace with grave suspicion,' said Duglass Evelith.

"Taking the local populace prisoner is not a measure of social success by most definitions," Duellos observed.