Mal meaning bad.
In my opinion, to maltreat children is a sinister sin.
Respect
The candidate pledged to shut down any factory or manufacturing plant found to maltreat workers.
Abuse, harm, "maltreat", to wrong...
Simple. It means treating them badly.
To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.
Words with the prefix "mal" typically have a negative connotation, indicating something bad, abnormal, or inadequate. Examples include "malfunction," "malicious," "malnutrition," and "maladjusted." The prefix "mal" originates from Latin and is commonly used in English to denote something harmful or unfavorable.
abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, manhandle, mishandle, mistreat, misuse.
manhandle, abuse, batter, beat, bung up, knock about, maltreat, mangle, maul,
Prefix=IN
The prefix for inadequate is in-. The prefix in- means not.
Yes, prefix does have a prefix. The prefix is pur-.