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material support

n. (context US legal English) (''in the context of support for terrorism'') Any property, or service, including currency or monetary instruments or financial securities, financial services, lodging, training, expert advice or assistance, safe houses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel, and transportation, except medicine or religious materials

Usage examples of "material support".

Consequently, he has tried to walk a fine line, giving moral and some material support but refraining from actual operational involvement.

Japan's infrastructure was thus in good shape and their people had prospered under Jao rule, paying their taxes and providing much in the way of material support, sometimes even more than the required levy.

No, McQueen's job was to provide general direction, select officers she thought had the best shot at carrying out the missions assigned to them, pick the targets to aim them at, and then figure out how to keep those homicidal idiots at StateSec off their backs and get them the material support they needed while they got on with said missions.

It is now apparent that I will receive no material support from my ground contact.

It is also clear that they didn't have much faith in the plan's success, but were willing to give the Four Lords just enough time and material support to try it just in case.

It was they who had been most constant in aid and material support to the Shana forces during the long bush war, while the Soviets had made a rare error of judgement by courting the Matabele faction, for which the Mugabe government was now making them atone in full measure.

But, once convinced, the world had listened to them and given both moral and material support.

That means the Malwa won't be able to prevent the Romans from sending us all the material support we need.

At first funding and material support from ch'Rihan were fairly munificent: but after the reorganization of the Praetorate and Senate, the assistance began to taper off slowly as the loyal voices in the government became preoccupied with other concerns, or died out and were replaced by people who cared less.