material support
Concrete help given
Material support refers to tangible assistance given to a person, group, or cause—money, supplies, equipment, training, or services.
The phrase appears most often in legal contexts, particularly U.S. anti-terrorism law, where providing material support to designated terrorist organizations is a federal crime: He was charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist group.
The term distinguishes concrete aid from mere sympathy or verbal encouragement.
- succourHelp in hardship
- harboringConcealing or protecting someone
- aiding and abettingHelping another commit crime
- antiterrorismEfforts opposing violent extremism
- foreign fightersArmed outsiders joining conflicts
abetting · ammunition · complicity · defense · collusion · laundering · criminal network · safe harbor · lone wolf · facilitation · joint action · delivery systems · funding · criminal intent · transportation · donations · money trail · regulations
- complicityaccomplice, aiding, abetting, complicity, co-conspirator
material supportmoral support
Non-tangible emotional assistance
emotional support · spiritual support · psychological support · sympathy · prayers
material supportconfiscation
Seizure by authority
embargo · sanctions · blockade · plundering · economic warfare
material supportsabotage
Deliberate disruption of operations
undermining · subversion · counteraction · resistance · hindrance
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