He was taking no chances from the civilian populace.
Based on what he knew of the Cardassians, their culture was stratified into those in service to the military, the government, and the civilian populace.
He was a man of high integrity and superior intelligence, popular with both the Army and the civilian populace.
Home front is the informal term for the civilian populace of the nation at war as an active support system of their military.
Despite this, the civilian populace was reported to be largely welcoming of the enforced rule.
A home front or homefront is the civilian populace of the nation at war as an active support system of its military.
The risk to the civilian populace is too great.
Guerillas cannot operate without a civilian populace to shelter and feed them.
Can your men strike terror into the civilian populace?
How am I to explain matters to them, let alone to the civilian populace?