public function delete_item( $request ) {

		$force = isset( $request['force'] ) ? (bool) $request['force'] : false;

		// We don't support trashing for this resource type.
		if ( ! $force ) {
			return new WP_Error( 'rest_trash_not_supported', __( 'Resource does not support trashing.' ), array( 'status' => 501 ) );
		}

		$term = get_term( (int) $request['id'], $this->taxonomy );
		$request->set_param( 'context', 'view' );
		$response = $this->prepare_item_for_response( $term, $request );

		$retval = wp_delete_term( $term->term_id, $term->taxonomy );
		if ( ! $retval ) {
			return new WP_Error( 'rest_cannot_delete', __( 'The resource cannot be deleted.' ), array( 'status' => 500 ) );
		}

		/**
		 * Fires after a single term is deleted via the REST API.
		 *
		 * @param WP_Term          $term     The deleted term.
		 * @param WP_REST_Response $response The response data.
		 * @param WP_REST_Request  $request  The request sent to the API.
		 */
		do_action( "rest_delete_{$this->taxonomy}", $term, $response, $request );

		return $response;
	}