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* Napoleon supposedly once faced an enemy army that was ill-supplied. He promised them food if they joined his army. It worked!
* Animal trainers are fond of using this trope.
* One bizarre example, in 1986, George L. Belair, Minneapolis city council candidate, tried to bribe seniors into voting for him by giving away free Twinkies, Ho-Hos, and other Hostess snacks. He was actually arrested on charges of violating the Fair Campaign Practices Act, and his defense was ”I had no intention of bribing anybody with Twinkies and Ho Ho's and a cup of coffee." While he didn't win the election, he was acquitted of wrongdoing, seeing as legally speaking, it's harder to identify food used as a bribe than it is when it's money or other valuables.
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