Definition of "recon"

recon¹

/ɹɪˈkɒn/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural recons
1. (chiefly US, military slang) reconnaissance.
  Quotations
  During a scan of the Phoenix system asteroid field, you detected an odd energy reading that Tali determined was quarian in nature. She led a recon team into the asteroid field, where she discovered an abandoned freighter.
  2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Carbonaceous Asteroid, Phoenix
verb
third-person singular simple present recons, present participle reconning, simple past and past participle reconned
1. (chiefly US, military slang) reconnoiter.

/ɹɪˈkɒn/