Definition of "recce" [recce]

• Slang Reconnaissance. (noun)

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• "This was our 'recce' - short for 'recreation committee'."
• "I'm not convinced that 'recce by stealth' (aka recce by death) was ever an act of war anyway - in WW2, medium recce regiments quickly dumped their light tanks for a mixture of medium tanks"
• "The prisoner who wanted to raise something would speak to his representative who would in turn discuss it with the three under him and pass it on to the other 'recce' representative."