Source

File: wp-includes/taxonomy.php

function sanitize_term( $term, $taxonomy, $context = 'display' ) {
	$fields = array( 'term_id', 'name', 'description', 'slug', 'count', 'parent', 'term_group', 'term_taxonomy_id', 'object_id' );

	$do_object = is_object( $term );

	$term_id = $do_object ? $term->term_id : ( isset( $term['term_id'] ) ? $term['term_id'] : 0 );

	foreach ( (array) $fields as $field ) {
		if ( $do_object ) {
			if ( isset( $term->$field ) ) {
				$term->$field = sanitize_term_field( $field, $term->$field, $term_id, $taxonomy, $context );
			}
		} else {
			if ( isset( $term[ $field ] ) ) {
				$term[ $field ] = sanitize_term_field( $field, $term[ $field ], $term_id, $taxonomy, $context );
			}
		}
	}

	if ( $do_object ) {
		$term->filter = $context;
	} else {
		$term['filter'] = $context;
	}

	return $term;
}