Compelled compliance under a threat of unpleasant consequences is being obliged.

Evidence

The gunman orders his victim to hand over his purse and threatens to shoot if he refuses; if the victim complies we refer to the way in which he was forced to do so by saying that he was obliged to do so. — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 141

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 141
• XREF: connects to: Obligation arises when social pressure and general demand for conformity are intense — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 299; A degrading-treatment violation required actual punishment, not merely its credible threat — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 9212; Legitimate political authority rests on an exchange of protection for obedience. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 558 (+2 more)