Synonyms of subpoenas

subpoenas 1 of 2

noun

plural of subpoena

as in summonses

a written notice ordering a person to appear in court

received a subpoena to appear as a witness for the prosecution

Synonyms & Similar Words

• summonses
• warrants
• processes
• writs
• tickets
• capiases

subpoenas

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of subpoena

as in summons

Related Words

• summons
• cites
• requests
• orders
• hails
• bids
• convenes
• invites
• calls
• asks
• demands
• calls out
• calls up
• assembles
• convokes
• pages
• musters
• commands
• invokes
• requisitions
• rings
• whistles
• beckons
• buzzes
• knells

Dissimilar Words

• sends (away)
• dismisses
• turns away
• boots (out)
• outs
• runs off
• ejects
• casts out
• drums (out)
• routs
• ousts
• expels
• kicks out
• banishes
• throws out
• turfs (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of subpoenas

Noun

A day before the dinner lawyers with the Justice Department withdrew those subpoenas. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 July 2026

Government lawyers agreed to withdraw the subpoenas during the hearing. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026

The ruling freezes public hearings and witness subpoenas until a full judicial review of the report underpinning the inquiry. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 24 July 2026

In the latter case, the DOJ this week withdrew subpoenas issued to New York Times reporters who wrote pieces on the lack of security features on the new Air Force One. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 July 2026

Hours before addressing the White House press corps, the president endorsed using subpoenas against reporters in national security leak investigations. — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 24 July 2026

Those subpoenas were withdrawn on Thursday in a New York courtroom — just one of the arenas where the president, in his second term, has been seeking to control media coverage that displeases him. — Jocelyn Noveck, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

The Times has reported that FBI Director Kash Patel himself directed the issuing of the subpoenas on July 10 compelling testimony from its reporters over a six-hour period at the White House. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 23 July 2026

The subpoenas were withdrawn after the news organizations challenged them. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 July 2026