pyhdfs | Python HDFS client

No skipTrash-esque option (or an alternative to not skip the trash) is documented for the WebHDFS delete command.

The hdfs dfs rm command primarily attempts to use the Trash API (unless told not to), and if trashing fails, it deletes the file using what I'd assume is the same underlying operation the WebHDFS API uses.

Trashing seems to be implemented ((1), (2)) as a create-directories-and-rename command.

It's likely you would need to implement that sequence by hand when using WebHDFS (and by extension pyhdfs).