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• past participle of subpoena.
• past tense form of subpoena.

subpoenaed

American  

[suh-pee-nuhd, suhb-] / səˈpi nəd, səb- /

adjective

Law.

1. (of a witness or evidence) required by a subpoena to appear or be submitted before a court or other deliberative body.

   The subpoenaed recordings include over 33 hours of conversations, mostly between the defendant and his parents and brother.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of subpoena.

Other Word Forms

• unsubpoenaed
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of subpoenaed

First recorded in 1840–45; subpoena + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective; subpoena + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb

Example Sentences

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subpoenaed

Also as a result of her piece, she was slapped with a one-million-dollar libel suit, subpoenaed as a witness in a liquor laws case against the Playboy Club, and received “obscene and threatening” calls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

The White House later subpoenaed the Times journalists over the report, demanding to know who disclosed the information, and even brought FBI Director Kash Patel into the investigation.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Paul, who chairs the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, had subpoenaed the now-retired Fauci to testify, and prior to the hearing released thousands of pages of the immunologist's unredacted personal diary.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

The UAW hasn’t been subpoenaed in the matter, a union spokesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

“Family and subpoenaed witnesses first. Step on back and let ’em get up here.”

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe