Definition of "populated" []

• Supplied with inhabitants or content. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of populate. (verb)

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• "We understand that the Taliban is claiming that a bus was hit, with civilian passengers on it, it says, And then we are also hearing from our own sources; they say there has been unusually heavy striking near what they call populated areas."
• "What IS true is that much of the warming for the last 10 years has occured away from main populated areas (Antartic mostly)."
• "Many of the shootouts between the narcos and the authorities occur in populated neighborhoods albeit not gringo enclaves."