Function to delete a term when a custom post with the same slug is trashed

do you know where is your code fails? Is the hook runs properly? One thing for sure, term_exists() returns the ID not an object. Also $wpdb is not needed at all. 

wp_delete_term($theterm, 'byartist');

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